The places of concern produced by movements in the midst of
heated energy controversies also attracted people in their respective
countries and even abroad. These places needed humans to
become such places, while humans needed these places (and other
nonhumans) to produce multi-scalar movements and to sustain
community life projects based ‘‘in place’’ (Escobar, 2008). Thus,
these places became key actors in the controversies over Bo Nok
and HidroAysen, and in the process of assembling movements that
contested these projects. At the same time, these movements produced
these places in specific ways, broadening the spectrum of
possibilities while challenging fixed notions (and projects) in Bo
Nok and Chilean Patagonia.