Left Coast Political Ecology

Hey, there's still half of summer left. Get reading! developingeconomics.org/2019/07/03/an-…

A critical story to keep track of for the future. Won't be "over" soon. Here's a good read about how human geography motivated Warren to take action with No Más Muertes -- and how "sense of place" is actually part of his legal defense strategy. huffpost.com/entry/scott-wa…

The Weather Channel can be annoying, but in this video it takes a refreshing stab at Trump's latest plea for global warming to "come back fast" weather.com/science/enviro…

Some of the other very interesting articles in this issue include a section on 'power in political ecology' with @torbenja @conncav and others. Lots of great reading! journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/…

"The best way to learn about archives is to use them." From David Price's guide to archives for the perplexed anthropologist: anthrodendum.org/2018/10/22/ant…

Writing against dominant, apolitical notions of the "Anthropocene", our chapter takes seriously @JedediahSPurdy and @oikeios's critiques, and puts them into conversation with our ethnographic work on corruption and inequality in urban India @SapanaDoshi1 tinyurl.com/y8jchma9

Special issue Flachs, A. ed. 2018. Special section: Performing development roles: theorizing agriculture as performance. Journal of Political Ecology 25: 638-764. All about one of anthropologist Paul Richards' concepts. dx.doi.org/10.2458/jpe.v2… at bottom

Marriott Hotel Strikers Set a New Industry Standard After two months of strikes, workers at the largest hotel company in the world have won their biggest demands and set a new pattern for the hospitality industry. labornotes.org/2018/12/marrio…

Cutting costs on drinking water provision poisoned thousands of Flint’s residents with lead etc. ejatlas.org/conflict/water… Prof. Paul Mohai from the Uni of MIchigan (and the EnvJustice advisory board), just produced a peer review paper on the famous case. #page_scan_tab_contents" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">jstor.org/stable/2652859…

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Latest economic research encourages us to pick one: continuous GDP growth under capitalism, or a planet. interc.pt/2StDpeQ by @katearonoff

Citation matters, say Bridget Guarasci (F&M), Amelia Moore (URI) and Sarah E. Vaughn (Berkeley). Update your syllabi and reading lists. culanth.org/fieldsights/16…

Amen.

Authoritarianism, populism and political ecology entitleblog.org/2018/11/29/aut…

Our #LeftCoastPoliticalEcology @LeftCoastPE colleague's book is coming out soon!

Congrats to Dr. Andrew Curley on his fantastic new article in the Annals: T'’áá hwó ají t’éego and the Moral Economy of Navajo Coal Workers -- check it out & see @GeogSara 's twitter-friendly synopsis @geographyunc tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Join us! "Situated Knowledges" Symposium, Nov 15th @CSTMSBerkeley! Been co-organizing for months w/ colleagues Julie Pyatt and Kathleen Gutierrez @UCBerkeley. It's finally time--so looking forward to hearing from feminist, critical race STS scholars @vmmassie @mitalithakor + more