The Myth of the Empty Territory : The Tragedy of the Chagos Islanders

In this article we outline the tragedy of the Chagos Islanders forcibly evicted from their homeland to make way for an American military base. A new colony was invented, the British Indian Ocean Territory, which would be declared a marine reserve in 2010. The British have refused to allow the Chagos...

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Autores: Pujolràs-Noguer, Esther, Hand, Felicity
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.25145/j.recaesin.2021.82.11
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Palabra clave:Chagos
Imperialism
Creative Writing
Identity
Memory
Imperialismo
Escritura creativa
Identidad
Memoria
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spelling The Myth of the Empty Territory : The Tragedy of the Chagos IslandersEl mito del territorio vacío : la tragedia de los habitantes de las Islas ChagoPujolràs-Noguer, EstherHand, FelicityChagosImperialismCreative WritingIdentityMemoryImperialismoEscritura creativaIdentidadMemoriaIn this article we outline the tragedy of the Chagos Islanders forcibly evicted from their homeland to make way for an American military base. A new colony was invented, the British Indian Ocean Territory, which would be declared a marine reserve in 2010. The British have refused to allow the Chagossians the right to return to their homelands not to protect the environment, but rather to safeguard the political agreement based on economic and military imperialism. Therefore this community has been condemned to historical erasure as their stories are imbricated in the official narration of an empty territory. To prevent the plight of the Chagossians from falling into oblivion, we organized a creative writing workshop with members of the community in order to grant visibility to the Chagossian fight for identity and recognition.En este artículo describimos la tragedia de los habitantes de las islas Chagos, los cuales fueron desahuciados de su tierra natal para que los americanos pudieran construir una base militar. Para ello fue necesario inventar una nueva colonia, British Indian Ocean Territory, que fue declarada reserva marina en el año 2010. Los británicos han denegado a los Chagosianos el derecho a regresar a su tierra natal no por razones ecológicas de protección del medio ambiente sino para preservar un acuerdo político basado en un imperialismo económico y militar. Así pues, la historia oficial de esta comunidad está unida a lo que denominamos la narración del territorio vacío, una narración perversa que los condena a una invisibilidad perenne. Para impedir que su tragedia caiga en el olvido, organizamos un taller de escritura creativa con miembros de la comunidad para así dar visibilidad a su lucha por ser reconocidos.Servicio de Publicaciones. Universidad de La Laguna2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.25145/j.recaesin.2021.82.11http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/83562reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.25145/j.recaesin.2021.82.11Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, 2021, núm. 82, p. 155-172cc-by-nc-nd (c) Pujolràs et al., 2021info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/835622026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Myth of the Empty Territory : The Tragedy of the Chagos Islanders
El mito del territorio vacío : la tragedia de los habitantes de las Islas Chago
title The Myth of the Empty Territory : The Tragedy of the Chagos Islanders
spellingShingle The Myth of the Empty Territory : The Tragedy of the Chagos Islanders
Pujolràs-Noguer, Esther
Chagos
Imperialism
Creative Writing
Identity
Memory
Imperialismo
Escritura creativa
Identidad
Memoria
title_short The Myth of the Empty Territory : The Tragedy of the Chagos Islanders
title_full The Myth of the Empty Territory : The Tragedy of the Chagos Islanders
title_fullStr The Myth of the Empty Territory : The Tragedy of the Chagos Islanders
title_full_unstemmed The Myth of the Empty Territory : The Tragedy of the Chagos Islanders
title_sort The Myth of the Empty Territory : The Tragedy of the Chagos Islanders
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pujolràs-Noguer, Esther
Hand, Felicity
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Hand, Felicity
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Chagos
Imperialism
Creative Writing
Identity
Memory
Imperialismo
Escritura creativa
Identidad
Memoria
topic Chagos
Imperialism
Creative Writing
Identity
Memory
Imperialismo
Escritura creativa
Identidad
Memoria
description In this article we outline the tragedy of the Chagos Islanders forcibly evicted from their homeland to make way for an American military base. A new colony was invented, the British Indian Ocean Territory, which would be declared a marine reserve in 2010. The British have refused to allow the Chagossians the right to return to their homelands not to protect the environment, but rather to safeguard the political agreement based on economic and military imperialism. Therefore this community has been condemned to historical erasure as their stories are imbricated in the official narration of an empty territory. To prevent the plight of the Chagossians from falling into oblivion, we organized a creative writing workshop with members of the community in order to grant visibility to the Chagossian fight for identity and recognition.
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