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2016

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Surfing The Revolutionary Wave 2010-12: A Social Theory Of Agency, Resistance, And Orders Of Dissent In Contemporary Social Movements, Athina Karatzogianni, Michael Schandorf Dec 2016

Surfing The Revolutionary Wave 2010-12: A Social Theory Of Agency, Resistance, And Orders Of Dissent In Contemporary Social Movements, Athina Karatzogianni, Michael Schandorf

Athina Karatzogianni

The theorisation and understanding of contemporary social movements, socio-technological phenomena, and the intersection of the two are limited by an incommensurability between the conceptualisations of individual agency and the disciplining powers of social structures. We introduce a theory of sociotechnological agency that bridges the individual and the social through a reconceptualization of the conventional notion of intentionality. Drawing from recent theories of affect and embodiment, posthuman-influenced materialisms and realisms, postmodern critical theory, and critiques of network theory, we introduce a model for understanding sociopolitical action and dissent that accounts for individual human agency as a nexus of overlapping and often …

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The New Normal? Climate Variability And Ecoviolence In Sub-Saharan Africa, Alfonso Sanchez Dec 2016

The New Normal? Climate Variability And Ecoviolence In Sub-Saharan Africa, Alfonso Sanchez

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Climate change presents a wide range of concerns that can jeopardize international security. Among those concerns are neo-Malthusian worries of diminishing natural resources. Predictive models suggest that rainfall and temperature anomalies have the potential to reduce water basins, crop production, increase land degradation among other perils that threaten human security. This concern is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa given the region’s strong dependence on rain-fed agriculture. Despite strong claims from various world leaders and scientists of a direct climate-conflict nexus, little empirical evidence has been devoted to find a systematic causal pathway of this kind. What is more, the literature …

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Resistance., Empire Resistance, Risd Archives Nov 2016

Resistance., Empire Resistance, Risd Archives

Politics

Advertisement for strategic planning session for 2016 post-election resistance.

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Post Campaign Artists And Designers In Action, Risd Research, Risd Archives Nov 2016

Post Campaign Artists And Designers In Action, Risd Research, Risd Archives

Politics

Advertisement for a RISD Community meeting to contemplate the meaning of the 2016 Presidential Election and next steps for political and cultural engagement.

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This Isn't Us, Nick Unknown, Risd Archives Nov 2016

This Isn't Us, Nick Unknown, Risd Archives

Politics

Political protest poster. Anti-Trump poster post 2016 presidential election.

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No! Signs Of Protest, S. Smith, Risd Archives Nov 2016

No! Signs Of Protest, S. Smith, Risd Archives

Politics

Advertisement asking for posters and images related to post-election protests.

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Beware Twitter: Trump's Mouth Lies, 2econd Amendment, Risd Archives Jan 2016

Beware Twitter: Trump's Mouth Lies, 2econd Amendment, Risd Archives

Politics

Anti-Trump poster.

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Down With Trumpets, Risd Archives Jan 2016

Down With Trumpets, Risd Archives

Politics

Letterpress anti-Trump poster.

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Trump As A Chicken, Students Of Risd Jan 2016

Trump As A Chicken, Students Of Risd

Politics

Political protest poster. Anti-Trump poster caricature of Trump as a chicken.

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Exposed, Students Of Risd Jan 2016

Exposed, Students Of Risd

Politics

Political protest poster. Anti-Trump, anti-Ted Cruz, anti-Republican poster. Test reads: "You're not homophobic. You're just a republican. Exposed. The political use of homophobia has become a ubiquitous part of the contemporary political landscape and political gain."

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Trump As A Beaver, Students Of Risd Jan 2016

Trump As A Beaver, Students Of Risd

Politics

Political protest poster. Anti-Trump poster caricature of Trump as a beaver.

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Violent Repression Of Environmental Protests, Helen M. Poulos, Mary Alice Haddad Dec 2015

Violent Repression Of Environmental Protests, Helen M. Poulos, Mary Alice Haddad

Mary Alice Haddad

As global sea levels and natural resource demands rise, people around the world are increasingly protesting environmental threats to their lives and livelihoods. What are the conditions under which these peaceful environmental protests are violently repressed? This paper uses the random forest algorithm to conduct an event analysis of grass- roots environmental protests around the world. Utilizing a database of 175 grassroots environmental protests, we found that: (1) a large proportion (37 %) of the protests involved violent repression; (2) most of the violence (56 %) was directed against marginalized groups; and (3) violence was geographically concentrated the global south …

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