Essays about: "sacrifice zones"
Found 3 essays containing the words sacrifice zones.
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1. Seeing Lithium Extraction : Countering the Myth of ‘Green’ Transition through Contemporary Art
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : This thesis examines the intersection between lithium extraction and contemporary art through a visual semiotic analysis of three contemporary artworks: Unknown Fields’ We Power Our Future With the Breast Milk of Volcanoes, Marcela Magno’s Land [2] Litio, and Julian Charrière’s Future Fossil Spaces. It explores how lithium extraction is visualised in the selected artworks, what connotations can be extracted from them, the geopolitical dimension expressed in them, and how they relate to the myth of ‘green’ transition. READ MORE
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2. Mining for the low-carbon transition : Conflicting discourses of sacrifice zones and win-win narratives
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : To support the transition towards a low-carbon economy, mining companies, international financial institutions and governments are preparing to drastically scale up mineral extraction of energy transition minerals such as cobalt and lithium. Mineral extraction, however, has far-reaching impacts on the biophysical environment and mining-affected communities that may become more severe under a changing climate. READ MORE
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3. Rejecting Fate : The challenge of a subaltern community to the creation of a sacrifice zone in Can Sant Joan, Catalonia
University essay from KTH/Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljöAbstract : It was my first visit ever to the neighborhood association – in February 2017 – and the phone rang again in the contiguous room. “I’m sorry” apologized José Luis “but our colleagues are not here yet and I need to answer the phone”. READ MORE