Abstract: This study of resistance to multinational mining in New Caledonia expands actor‐network theory's concept translation by exploring ways that power dynamics affect alliances and the translations both support challenge them. Examining relationships among an indigenous protest group, environmentalist grassroots organizations, a human rights lawyer, company, provincial government, I argue often requires alliances, mediated compatible translations. However, if are succeed, at least...

Indigenous women's social positionings are complex and dynamic, informed by culture post-colonial politics; gender ethnicity intersect with age, socio-economic status, hierarchies. This article uses an ethnographic study of Kanak engagements mining in New Caledonia, to examine three questions. First, how do indigenous dynamic shape their possibilities for negotiation resistance industry? Secondly, engagement turn the wider community's or Finally, what is companies' role shaping such...

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Where governments have failed to protect their citizens from the environmental and social impacts of industrial development, movements often arisen in response. However, other community members may defend — sometimes violently same corporations that are targeted by peers. The contributions this cluster explore some ways which communities disagree about how respond ecological industry, reactions inflected differential concerns economics, landscapes, indigenous rights human health. three...

This paper expands our understandings of corporate social responsibility ( CSR ) as a form roll‐out neoliberalism, building on analyses initiatives elements capitalist system actively working to create its own regularisation – secure socio‐politico‐economic context supporting development. Using an ethnographic analysis the rise and fall indigenous protest group that targeted multinational mining project in New Caledonia, this has two theoretical aims. First, it builds literature...

Abstract Under the intensifying effects of climate change, agricultural practices that increase soil organic C (SOC) provide an opportunity to offset greenhouse gas emissions. Grazed pasture has potential SOC, but knowledge gaps remain about grazing frequency and intensity on SOC pools. We explored quantity quality in paired pastures row crops across management gradients southern central Wisconsin. On average, had 12.41 Mg ha −1 more surface soils (0–15 cm) than their crop counterparts, were...

This article draws on Deleuze and Guattari's concepts of arborescent rhizomic assemblages to examine encounters between large-scale conservation grassroots resistance industry. I explore how the United Nations Educational, Scientific Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage listing New Caledonia's reefs contributed demise Rhéébù Nùù, an indigenous activist group that had been targeting a multinational mining project. also interrogate assemblage's form enables certain modalities power...

ABSTRACT Local communities are not the homogenous entities, unanimously opposed to industrial development, that academic and popular literature often portray them be. In this paper, I discuss my research in New Caledonian villages near a potential mining project. analyse diversity of individuals' responses activities, intra‐community conflicts development triggered or exacerbated, discourses people implemented support their positions. Specifically, people's statements — and, presumably,...

This case study from New Caledonia explores the motivations of local people in initiating co-managed conservation projects on customary lands. Kanak villagers viewed "conservation" largely as a means reinforcing their cultural identity through preservation heritage, grounded landscape. However, at same time, they hoped to promote economic development. Ironically, thus, found it necessary welcome outside influences—to seek visits non-Kanak tourists and request financial technical support...

In New Caledonia, pro-independence leaders perceive economic autonomy as a prerequisite for political independence. The Koniambo Project, joint venture between Canadian multinational and local mining company, is seen by many Kanak an opportunity to loosen ties metropolitan France. Indeed, unlike cases in which large-scale resource extraction has disadvantaged groups intensified demands rights, the Project resulted from activism. This atypical situation can be explained French government's...

Critics of attempts to achieve consensus through Habermasian ‘communicative rationality’ dismiss this as unachievable due participants' selfishness and irrationality, the inevitability power relations. Instead, Mouffe advocates ‘agonistic pluralism’, a dynamic process continual debate grounded in mutual respect. In paper I argue that, for succeed, we need recognize embrace role emotion moral reasoning. Here, examine dispute over wetland management suburban New Jersey. Each side articulated...

The governance of extractive industries has become increasingly globalized. International conventions and multi-stakeholder institutions set out rules standards on a range issues, such as environmental protection, human rights, Indigenous rights. Companies’ compliance with these global may minimize risks for investors shareholders, while offering people at sites extraction more leverage. Although the Russian state retains significant stake in oil gas industries, companies have globalized...

Large-scale surveys have identified a negative association between Christian fundamentalism and environmental concern. In contrast to this broad-brush approach, I used cultural models framework, informed by political ecology, examine the statements of small sample fundamentalist Kanak villagers about their reactions particular instance potential degradation in New Caledonia (South Pacific) form multinational mining project. Unlike previous studies, did not find clear beliefs lack concern...

Click to increase image sizeClick decrease size Notes †Thanks Salvatore Engel-di Mauro and Melissa Checker for comments on an early draft of this paper. Of course, any errors are exclusively my own responsibility.

Networks play an important role in the Indigenous rights movement's strategies and groups' engagements with industry actors, State, NGOs. We seek to extend concept of Governance Generating (GGN) incorporate grassroots movements, evaluate multiscale interactions processes network-generated governance across scales. compare NoDAPL movement led by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe U.S. Indigenous-environmentalist networks water defenders Komi Republic, Russia. These GGNs emerged protest oil pipelines...