Launch of “Gobernanza Residual” in Antofagasta – Gabrielle Hecht’s Landmark Work Now in Spanish

On March 27, 2025, the Spanish edition of Gabrielle Hecht’s Gobernanza Residual (Residual Governance) has been launched at the Ruinas de Huanchaca in Antofagasta, Chile. This long-awaited translation, led by Marina Weinberg through qillqa ediciones of the Universidad Católica del Norte—brings Hecht’s influential work on environmental governance, technology, and power to Spanish-speaking audiences.

Gabrielle Hecht presented her book, accompanied by comments from Cristóbal Bonelli and the book’s photographer, Potšišo Phasha. The conversation focused on the themes of the book, which critically examine how residual materials, infrastructures, and waste governance shape global politics and inequalities. It has also explored how this work can serve as a generative conceptual tool in mining territories in northern Chile.

While the book launch stands as a key event, it is also framed within a week of activities organized by the "Geopolitics of Lithium Off-Sites: Infrastructures, Territories, and Ecologies – LIONESS" project, funded by ANID-Chile and co-directed by Marina Weinberg and Valentina Figueroa.