Articulating sedimented subjectivities: Extractive subject formation in eastern DRC

Verweijen, Judith; Geenen, Sara; Bashizi, Anuarite

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.10.009

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“…Framed in this way, environmental peacebuilding suggests that the environment is “a possible means rather than an end” for building peace (Conca & Beevers, 2018: 55). Scholars identify key environmental dimensions that help build peace (Bruch, Jenesen and Emma, 2021: 13; Verweijen, Schouten and O’Leary, 2022: 6-7): security, economic development, political and social collaboration, and good governance. For these dimensions to cumulatively yield desired peace, Dresse et al (2019:105) highlight “three main building blocks”: initial conditions, mechanisms, and outcomes.…”

Section: Theoretical Gap In Environmental Peacebuildingmentioning

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Toward indigenous methodologies and environmental peacebuilding: A study on water projects in Nepal

Nalbo

2024

Environment and Security

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Environmental peacebuilding, both in research and practice, demonstrates the potential of preventing, minimizing, and mitigating conflict, particularly in postwar societies. However, the complexities of the environment have not yet been fully considered. In consequence, environmental peacebuilding may involuntarily perpetuate violence instead of building peace. The paper aims to begin filling these theoretical and methodological gaps by critically examining the conceptual aspects of the “environment.” Studying through a postcolonial lens and applying indigenous methodologies, the paper reorients environmental peacebuilding scholarship by focusing on the politics of two drinking water projects in the eastern hills of Nepal. The study highlights the theoretical and methodological challenges of overemphasizing material aspects of resources that are embedded within the “environment.” The paper contends that the environment should not be deemed important only from material and usability perspectives but also for its historical and sociopolitical dimensions within the local community context. The paper concludes that ignoring these dimensions further obscures the conceptual and practical interlinkages between the environment, conflict, and peace. This, in turn, can undermine environmental peacebuilding efforts, a crucial approach to addressing climate change-induced conflict.

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Section: Theoretical Gap In Environmental Peacebuildingmentioning

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Toward indigenous methodologies and environmental peacebuilding: A study on water projects in Nepal

Nalbo

2024

Environment and Security

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Subjectivity and space on extractive frontiers: Materiality, accumulation and politics

Frederiksen

2024

Geoforum

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Unearthing extractive subjects: Power and subjectivity at the extractive frontier

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Frederiksen

2024

Geoforum

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Articulating sedimented subjectivities: Extractive subject formation in eastern DRC

Cited by 3 publications

References 57 publications

Toward indigenous methodologies and environmental peacebuilding: A study on water projects in Nepal

Toward indigenous methodologies and environmental peacebuilding: A study on water projects in Nepal

Subjectivity and space on extractive frontiers: Materiality, accumulation and politics

Unearthing extractive subjects: Power and subjectivity at the extractive frontier

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