Comunicar la Resistencia y la Re-existencia. Hacia Un Horizonte Postextractivo y de Postdesarrollo

This chapter analyzes activist communication practices that emerge from intercultural and affective networks centered on the political affirmation of life, both human and non-human. These practices not only resist the necropolitical communication that sustains extractive capitalism but also promote post-extractive and post-development alternatives, influenced by ecoterritorial, decolonial, and biocentric epistemic and ontological shifts. The text focuses on an interdisciplinary analysis of the electoral campaign related to the Popular Consultation in Ecuador in 2023, organized by collectives such as Yasunidos and Quito Sin Minería. This consultation resulted in the protection of two of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world, with 58.95% of votes in favor of banning oil extraction in Yasuní and an average of 66.59% in four questions for banning mining in the Chocó Andino. These results highlight how the defense of life and territory, promoted by activist communication practices, has revitalized direct democracy as a mechanism for political participation in a context of political representation crisis and rising authoritarianism.