abstract: 'This article analyzes the productive and reproductive strategies of the

  families of Coaque, a community on the Manabi coast near the epicenter

  of the earthquake that shook Ecuador on April 16, 2016. The reproductive

  crisis originated after the catastrophe highlighted the economic and

  social inequalities existing in this territory, where the thriving

  extractive industry of shrimp has become present in recent decades.

  Based on an ethnographic methodology and indepth interviews, it is

  concluded that the responses of the families oscillate between a closer

  connection to salaried work in this sector and the option for

  independent but unstable activities such as artisanal fishing and other

  self-support initiatives that allow a greater margin of action. The

  sources of income are articulated in a complex way, according to gender

  and age, with the requirements of attention to people, family

  organization and lifestyles in a period of vulnerability. Issues such as

  caring for children, reconstruction of housing, closeness to livelihoods

  or cooperation and daily transactions condition dependence on the model

  of agro-export development. There is evidence, therefore, of a series of

  tensions that worsen in the face of crisis conditions and that require a

  look at reproduction in post-disaster public policies.'
affiliation: 'Vega, C (Corresponding Author), FLACSO Ecuador, Fac Latinoamer Ciencias
  Sociales, Dept Sociol \& Genero, Quito, Ecuador.

  Vega, Cristina, FLACSO Ecuador, Fac Latinoamer Ciencias Sociales, Dept Sociol \&
  Genero, Quito, Ecuador.

  Paredes, Myriam, Flacso Ecuador, Fac Latinoamer Ciencias Sociales, Dept Desarrollo
  Ambiente \& Terr, Quito, Ecuador.

  Almeida, Andrea Nathaly, Flacso Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.'
author: Vega, Cristina and Paredes, Myriam and Almeida, Andrea Nathaly
author_list:
- family: Vega
  given: Cristina
- family: Paredes
  given: Myriam
- family: Almeida
  given: Andrea Nathaly
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.11156/aibr.140208
eissn: 1578-9705
files: []
issn: 1695-9752
journal: AIBR-REVISTA DE ANTROPOLOGIA IBEROAMERICANA
keywords: 'Model of agro-export development; inequalities; catastrophe;

  reproductive crisis; sustainability of life'
keywords-plus: GENDER
language: Spanish
month: MAY-AUG
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '50'
pages: 323-350
papis_id: d9725cdca6955aaa316279c8ff9fcdb3
ref: Vega2019inequalitiesreproduc
researcherid-numbers: Paredes, Myriam/AAN-7731-2021
times-cited: '3'
title: INEQUALITIES AND REPRODUCTIVE CRISIS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE IN THE ECUADORIAN
  COAST. FAMILY STRATEGIES IN THE MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT AND EXTRACTIVE WORK
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000475387000008
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '8'
volume: '14'
web-of-science-categories: Anthropology
year: '2019'