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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

≠Nū Khoen, bioculturalism, biodiversity, capitalism, carbon markets, conservation, Damara, displacement, ecosystem services, enclosure, finance, KhoeSān, Namibia, neoliberalism, Purros, sentience, Shamanism, spectacle, UN Convention on Biodiversity

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

Animism, ≠Nū Khoen, biodiversity, capitalism, Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM), conservation, Damara, displacement, enclosure, KhoeSān, Michel Foucault, Namibia, neoliberalism, Shamanism, sustainability, UN Convention on Biodiversity

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