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CFP 34 - Regular: The Colonisation of Environmental Protection
Room: TBD

Sponsor: Environment and Technology

Organizer: Angus A. Nurse, Anglia Ruskin University

Presiders: Angus A. Nurse, Anglia Ruskin University
Tanesha A. Thomas, Montclair State University

Description: 

This session welcomes papers that explore colonial-era patterns of exploitation and the extent to which neoliberal thinking has shaped the management, protection, and exploitation of natural resources and Indigenous lands. The session considers how free-market thinking and an anthropocentric approach to environmental resources may weaken environmental protections to favor particular interests, markets, or sectors. We also welcome papers that examine varied conceptions of colonization and contemporary debates about the challenges of maintaining and strengthening environmental protection.

Papers:

“Neoliberalism and Environmental Degradation: Unveiling the Paradox of Progress,” Tanjida Islam, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

“Data Centers and the Politics of Place: Coalition-Building and Local Resistance in the U.S. South,” Emily McKendry-Smith, Neema Noori and Andy Walter, University of West Georgia

“A New Century, an Old Problem: A Nationwide Intersectional Analysis of Landfills across the United States,” Clare E. B. Cannon, University of California, Davis

“Social Capital and Household Preparedness: Unequal Perceptions of Extreme Weather Risk,” Kamala Shrestha, Oklahoma State University

“The Challenge of Waste Disposal Management and Its Alteration through Appropriate Disposal Mechanisms: An Explanation from a Sociological Perspective,” Lini Baruah, Tezpur University

“Using an EcoSociological Imagination to Learn How to Move from a Consumer to a Conserver Way of Life,” Andrew Plotkin, Palm Beach State College

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