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Mapuche Resilience: Environmental Justice In Chile, Hannah N. Lussier Jan 2016

Mapuche Resilience: Environmental Justice In Chile, Hannah N. Lussier

ENV 434 Environmental Justice

This paper presents a close analysis of the Mapuche Conflict and its implications from an Environmental Justice perspective. It serves to outline the plight of the Mapuche, a South American indigenous group, in their continued struggle to gain the rights to autonomic control over their ancestral territory from the Chilean government. By utilizing a holistic approach to research, this paper serves to provide a background on the conflict as well as to incorporate claims to justice. It chronicles the depth and breadth of media attention on the issue by incorporating perspectives from scholarly articles, news sources and social media platforms. …


Urban Farming In The North American Metropolis: Rethinking Work And Distance In Alternative Food Networks, Diana Mincyte, Karin Dobernig Jan 2016

Urban Farming In The North American Metropolis: Rethinking Work And Distance In Alternative Food Networks, Diana Mincyte, Karin Dobernig

Publications and Research

This article examines the role of manual work in bridging the distance between production and consumption in alternative agro-food economies, particularly in urban farming. Scholars and public commentators often draw on Marxian theories of alienation to suggest that manual work constitutes a key strategy for reconnecting production and consumption, and overcoming the ecological rift between natural processes and modern, agro-industrial production. Focusing on urban farming, this article complicates the picture of unalienated, decommodified labor and points to continuous negotiations between experiences of re-embedding in the community and the environment, and the on-going commodification of the farming experience. We argue that …


Environmental Racism And The Movement For Black Lives: Grassroots Power In The 21st Century, Rickie Cleere Jan 2016

Environmental Racism And The Movement For Black Lives: Grassroots Power In The 21st Century, Rickie Cleere

Pomona Senior Theses

This thesis explores the ways in which the environmental justice movement, which is in opposition to environmental racism, and the Black Lives Matter movement, which is in opposition to police brutality and other forms of racism, are part of the same struggle: a struggle against the neoliberal violence of the state. This struggle against neoliberal violence is at the same time a struggle for communities of color to achieve self-determination on a global scale, a monumental task which might be informed through a revolutionary intercommunalist framework of global grassroots solidarity. State oppression embodies violence in more forms that one, including …


Embera Drua: The Impact Of Tourism On Indigenous Village Life In Panama, Amy Lethbridge Jan 2016

Embera Drua: The Impact Of Tourism On Indigenous Village Life In Panama, Amy Lethbridge

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This case study examines the experience of residents of the Indigenous village of Embera Drua, Panama with 20 years of tourism. It addresses the lack of Indigenous voices in tourism literature by telling the story of Embera Drua through the lens of the villagers themselves. The study uses a mix of ethnographic observation and narrative inquiry and finds that the experience of Embera Drua mirrors the experience of other Indigenous villages offering tourism around the globe, particularly the impact of lack of community capacity on management and growth of such tourism initiatives. Findings of this study are relevant to the …


Which Came First, People Or Pollution? A Review Of Theory And Evidence From Longitudinal Environmental Justice Studies, Paul Mohai, Robin Saha Dec 2015

Which Came First, People Or Pollution? A Review Of Theory And Evidence From Longitudinal Environmental Justice Studies, Paul Mohai, Robin Saha

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

A considerable number of quantitative analyses have been conducted in the past several decades that demonstrate the existence of racial and socioeconomic disparities in the distribution of a wide variety of environmental hazards. The vast majority of these have been cross-sectional, snapshot studies employing data on hazardous facilities and population characteristics at only one point in time. Although some limited hypotheses can be tested with cross-sectional data, fully understanding how present-day disparities come about requires longitudinal analyses that examine the demographic characteristics of sites at the time of facility siting and track demographic changes after siting. Relatively few such studies …


The Role Of The State, Multinational Oil Companies, International Law & The International Community: Intersection Of Human Rights & Environmental Degradation Climate Change In The 21st Century Caused By Traditional Extractive Practices, The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous People And Universal Jurisdiction To Resolve The Accountability Issue, Marcela Cabrera Luna Dec 2015

The Role Of The State, Multinational Oil Companies, International Law & The International Community: Intersection Of Human Rights & Environmental Degradation Climate Change In The 21st Century Caused By Traditional Extractive Practices, The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous People And Universal Jurisdiction To Resolve The Accountability Issue, Marcela Cabrera Luna

Master's Theses

Local, national and international conventions that protect indigenous sovereignty and their territories, where many of the resources are extracted from by multinational corporations (MNCs) particularly oil, the number one commodity of the world and cause of climate change, continue to be jeopardized because of the lack of a clear international legal framework that can protect them and potentially hold multinationals accountable for their actions. These practices are causing not only environmental issues to the indigenous and surrounding communities, but climate change is in fact, the real human rights issue of the 21st century and it affects everyone. By using …


Art Education In My Backyard: Creative Placemaking On An Urban Farm, Jodi Kushins Nov 2015

Art Education In My Backyard: Creative Placemaking On An Urban Farm, Jodi Kushins

Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal

An art educator describes how she used her knowledge and experience of artistic and educational initiatives that forefront collective activity in real world settings to transform her backyard into an urban farm with the help of friends and neighbors. She combines an autoethnographic account of her experiences, including original photographs, with research on conceptual artists, participatory culture, and creative placemaking to position her work as participatory environmental art education. The paper is organized around the major steps one undertakes in planting a garden – siting, amending, seeding, tending, and harvesting - to draw parallels between the processes of maintaining a …


Outgroup Prejudice From An Evolutionary Perspective: Survey Evidence From Europe, Serdar Kaya Ph.D. Nov 2015

Outgroup Prejudice From An Evolutionary Perspective: Survey Evidence From Europe, Serdar Kaya Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This study investigates the root causes of outgroup prejudice. The literature explains prejudice primarily as a result of the perception of threat or the lack of optimal intergroup contact. The literature also emphasizes that individuals who are prejudiced against one outgroup are more likely to be prejudiced against other outgroups as well. This study does not react to these established theories. Instead, it argues from an evolutionary social psychological perspective that the root cause of outgroup prejudice is an activated sense of distrust and caution. In ancestral environments, higher levels of distrust and caution helped humans better protect themselves and …


Being Muslim, Being Cosmopolitan: Transgressing The Liberal Global, Chad Haines Ph.D. Nov 2015

Being Muslim, Being Cosmopolitan: Transgressing The Liberal Global, Chad Haines Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

The practices and concepts of Muslim cosmopolitanism are rooted in Islamic ideas, providing the foundations for informal “comings together” that foster new kinds of ethical communities. Muslim cosmopolitanism transgresses global normative aspirations of the liberal West that attempt to impose a singular way of being a global citizen. The informal, ethical communities that are inherent to a Muslim cosmopolitan vision also reject the absolutist visions of Islamists, such as those promoted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which, like Western liberal aspirations, attempt to impose a singular vision of the global. The article traces Muslim cosmopolitan ethics in …


Is Political Evolution Over? An Anthropological Analysis Of The Twentieth Century, Robert Bates Graber Ph.D. Nov 2015

Is Political Evolution Over? An Anthropological Analysis Of The Twentieth Century, Robert Bates Graber Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Why did human societies grow from small bands and villages into highly populous nations and empires? This process, termed political evolution, is explained by one major strand of anthropological theorizing as having resulted from population pressure, warfare, and conquest. War is seen as having been essential because polities do not willingly surrender autonomy. The 20th century apparently brought both an increase in population pressure (the ratio of humans to the available resource base) and a considerable amount of war, but only a modest increase in political evolution as measured by the average population of nations. One interpretation of this is …


Acharya, Amitav. Constructing A Security Community In Southeast Asia: Asean And The Problem Of Regional Order, 3rd Edition, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2014., Allesandro Uras Nov 2015

Acharya, Amitav. Constructing A Security Community In Southeast Asia: Asean And The Problem Of Regional Order, 3rd Edition, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2014., Allesandro Uras

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Alatas, S. Applying Ibn Khaldun: The Recovery Of A Lost Tradition In Sociology. London And New York: Routledge, 2014., Ahmed Nabil Nov 2015

Alatas, S. Applying Ibn Khaldun: The Recovery Of A Lost Tradition In Sociology. London And New York: Routledge, 2014., Ahmed Nabil

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Wan, Ming. The China Model And Global Political Economy – Comparison, Impact, And Interaction. New York: Routledge, 2014., Hee-Young Shin Ph.D. Nov 2015

Wan, Ming. The China Model And Global Political Economy – Comparison, Impact, And Interaction. New York: Routledge, 2014., Hee-Young Shin Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Ferguson, J. Give A Man A Fish: Reflections On The New Politics Of Distribution. Durham And London: Duke University Press, 2015., A. Peter Castro Ph.D. Nov 2015

Ferguson, J. Give A Man A Fish: Reflections On The New Politics Of Distribution. Durham And London: Duke University Press, 2015., A. Peter Castro Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Chang, Gordon H. Fateful Ties: A History Of America’S Preoccupation With China. Boston: Harvard University Press, 2015., Brian Arendt Ph.D. Nov 2015

Chang, Gordon H. Fateful Ties: A History Of America’S Preoccupation With China. Boston: Harvard University Press, 2015., Brian Arendt Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Ford, Michele, Lenore Lyons, & Wilem Van Schendel. Labour Migration And Human Trafficking In Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives. London: Routledge, 2012., Christina Pomianek Ph.D. Nov 2015

Ford, Michele, Lenore Lyons, & Wilem Van Schendel. Labour Migration And Human Trafficking In Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives. London: Routledge, 2012., Christina Pomianek Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Legg, Stephen. Prostitution And The Ends Of Empire: Scale, Governmentalities, And Interwar India. Durham And London: Duke University Press, 2014., Jessica Namakka Ph.D. Nov 2015

Legg, Stephen. Prostitution And The Ends Of Empire: Scale, Governmentalities, And Interwar India. Durham And London: Duke University Press, 2014., Jessica Namakka Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Khatib, Lina, Dina Matar, & Atef Alshaer. The Hizbullah Phenomenon. Politics And Communication, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014., Aurélie Daher Ph.D. Nov 2015

Khatib, Lina, Dina Matar, & Atef Alshaer. The Hizbullah Phenomenon. Politics And Communication, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014., Aurélie Daher Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Pietz, David A. The Yellow River: The Problem Of Water In Modern China. Cambridge, Ma: Harvard University Press, 2015., Chris A. Georges Nov 2015

Pietz, David A. The Yellow River: The Problem Of Water In Modern China. Cambridge, Ma: Harvard University Press, 2015., Chris A. Georges

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Dayley, Robert A. & Neher, Clark.D. Southeast Asia In The New International Era, 6th Edition. Boulder: Westview Press, 2013., William Jones, Matthew P. Copeland Ph.D. Nov 2015

Dayley, Robert A. & Neher, Clark.D. Southeast Asia In The New International Era, 6th Edition. Boulder: Westview Press, 2013., William Jones, Matthew P. Copeland Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Kingston, J. Critical Issues In Contemporary Japan. New York And London: Routledge, 2014., Douglas M. Miller Nov 2015

Kingston, J. Critical Issues In Contemporary Japan. New York And London: Routledge, 2014., Douglas M. Miller

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Smith, B.J. And Woodward, M. (Eds.) Gender And Power In Indonesian Islam: Leaders, Feminists, Sufis And Pesantren Selves. New York And London: Routledge, 2013., Andy Scott Chang Nov 2015

Smith, B.J. And Woodward, M. (Eds.) Gender And Power In Indonesian Islam: Leaders, Feminists, Sufis And Pesantren Selves. New York And London: Routledge, 2013., Andy Scott Chang

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Zang, X. & Kou, Chien-Wen. Elites And Governance In China. New York And London: Routledge, 2013., Yu Xiao Ph.D. Nov 2015

Zang, X. & Kou, Chien-Wen. Elites And Governance In China. New York And London: Routledge, 2013., Yu Xiao Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Cosmopolitanism And Pancultural Universals: Our Common Denominator And An Anthropologically Based Cosmopolitanism, Christoph Antweiler Ph.D. Nov 2015

Cosmopolitanism And Pancultural Universals: Our Common Denominator And An Anthropologically Based Cosmopolitanism, Christoph Antweiler Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

How can we conceive of global culture as an entity without playing unity and diversity off one another? The diversity of interconnected cultures on a bounded planet requires shared orientations. Thus, the conceptualization of a cosmopolitan humanism is an urgent project for humanity. Particularly, it is of urgent necessity that we determine what a version of cosmopolitan humanism looks like that does not rush to universalize the views and historical experiences of the European or American world? The need for unity is juxtaposed against the ubiquitous tendency to differentiate. All are alike, yet all are different, and above all, everyone …


Gerges, Fawas A. The Rise And Fall Of Al-Qaeda. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011., Abdul-Karim Khan Ph.D. Nov 2015

Gerges, Fawas A. The Rise And Fall Of Al-Qaeda. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011., Abdul-Karim Khan Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Reforming The Unreformable: Lessons From Nigeria. Cambridge, Ma And London: The Mit Press, 2012., John Olushola Magbadelo Ph.D. Nov 2015

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Reforming The Unreformable: Lessons From Nigeria. Cambridge, Ma And London: The Mit Press, 2012., John Olushola Magbadelo Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Carter Hallward, M. & Norman, J.M. (Eds.). Understanding Nonviolence: Contours And Contexts. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2015., Maximiliano E. Korstanje Ph.D. Nov 2015

Carter Hallward, M. & Norman, J.M. (Eds.). Understanding Nonviolence: Contours And Contexts. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2015., Maximiliano E. Korstanje Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Sole-Farras, Jesus. New Confucianism In Twenty-First Century China: The Construction Of A Discourse. New York: Routledge, 2013., Peter T.C. Chang Ph.D. Nov 2015

Sole-Farras, Jesus. New Confucianism In Twenty-First Century China: The Construction Of A Discourse. New York: Routledge, 2013., Peter T.C. Chang Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Kalmer, I. Early Orientalism: Imagined Islam And The Notion Of Sublime Power. New York: Routledge, 2012., Asif Mohiuddin Nov 2015

Kalmer, I. Early Orientalism: Imagined Islam And The Notion Of Sublime Power. New York: Routledge, 2012., Asif Mohiuddin

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.


Callison, Candis. How Climate Change Comes To Matter: The Communal Life Of Facts. Durham And London: Duke University Press, 2014., Paul Roscoe Ph.D. Nov 2015

Callison, Candis. How Climate Change Comes To Matter: The Communal Life Of Facts. Durham And London: Duke University Press, 2014., Paul Roscoe Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.