Agrobiodiversity’s caring material practices as a symbolic frame for environmental governance in Colombia’s southern Tolima
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.01.002
Abstract: Abstract Agrobiodiversity scholarship broadly examines plant-human interactions in agricultural landscapes and often concerns the governance of seed resources. This article pivots attention away from agrobiodiversity as a set of governable genetic resources to examine how… read more here.
Keywords: agrobiodiversity; environmental governance; governance; material practices ... See more keywords
Disaster Resilience into Which Direction(s)? Competing Discursive and Material Practices in Post-Katrina New Orleans
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DOI: 10.1080/14036096.2017.1308434
Abstract: ABSTRACT Making use of theories of discourse and social innovation, this paper analyses the resilience of post-Katrina housing reconstruction trajectories in New Orleans. It defines and connects the concepts of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic social resilience… read more here.
Keywords: discursive material; post katrina; resilience; housing ... See more keywords
Archived Jewishness: Material Practices of Diaspora in Danzy Senna’s Caucasia
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DOI: 10.1080/1462169x.2024.2400784
Abstract: ABSTRACT Both Black and Jewish studies theorize archival memory, as well as archival gaps and silences, in regard to slavery and the Holocaust, respectively. Yet, these modes of theorizing the archiving have not been put… read more here.
Keywords: material practices; archived jewishness; danzy senna; caucasia ... See more keywords
Money, memory objects and material practices in the everyday conduct of inter-ethnic marriages in Indonesia
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DOI: 10.1177/13591835221086862
Abstract: In the context of historical and ongoing tensions between different ethnic groups, inter-ethnic marriages are increasingly prevalent in Indonesia today. This article explores the social materiality of memory objects (money and related household items) in… read more here.
Keywords: inter ethnic; material practices; ethnic marriages; money ... See more keywords