To mark Earth Day on 22nd April I was invited to reprint a short article on the theme of ‘Bioculturalism … More
Tag: neoliberalism
The environmentality of ‘Earth Incorporated’
The environmentality of ‘Earth Incorporated’: on contemporary primitive accumulation and the financialisation of environmental conservation Paper presented at the conference … More
Current Conservation 3(3) special issue: Neoliberal biodiversity conservation & displacement
Special journal issue bringing together cases and critique regarding the impacts of neoliberal biodiversity conservation on local peoples and alternative … More
On non-equilibrium and nomadism
On non-equilibrium and nomadism: knowledge, diversity and global modernity in drylands (and beyond …) forthcoming in Pimbert, M. (ed.) Reclaiming … More
Displaced and disobedient knowledge
Problematizing neoliberal biodiversity conservation: displaced and disobedient knowledges Co-authored with Jim Igoe, this is a report of a workshop with … More
On bioculturalism, shamanism and unlearning the creed of growth
This piece started life as a talk at the a symposium on ‘Sustaining Biological and Cultural Diversity’ at the American … More
The elephant in the room?
The elephant in the room? Problematizing ‘new’ (neoliberal) biodiversity conservation Published in Forum for Development Studies 33(1) (2006), pp. 105-135. … More
Natural resources: use, access, tenure and management, eastern and southern Africa
Natural resources: use, access, tenure and management pp. 118-166 in Bowyer-Bower, T. and Potts, D. (eds.) (2004) Eastern and Southern … More
Dissent or libel in resistance to a conservancy in north-west Namibia
Protest, conflict and litigation: dissent or libel in resistance to a conservancy in north-west Namibia pp. 69-86 in Berglund, E. … More
How sustainable is the communalising discourse of ‘new’ conservation?
How sustainable is the communalising discourse of ‘new’ conservation? The masking of difference, inequality and aspiration in the fledgling ‘conservancies’ … More
On dance and difference
On dance and difference: bodies, movement and experience in Khoesān trance-dancing – perceptions of ‘a raver’ pp. 234-241 in Haviland, … More
Folk and formal, local and national
Folk and formal, local and national: Damara cultural knowledge and community-based conservation in southern Kunene, Namibia Paper published in Cimbebasia … More
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