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Description: In December 1991, the World Bank’s chief economist signed off the infamous memo which encouraged the “migration of the dirty industries” into the so-called Less Developed Countries (LDCs) across the Global South because of their “vastly under-polluted” atmosphere. The gesture marked an unprecedented maneuver in the global redistribution of pollution, or more bluntly sought to validate Beck Ulrich’s assertion that “pollution follows the poor”. The neoliberal waste transfer exacerbated the environmental plunder initiated by colonialism and postcolonial resources extraction across these spaces, and consequently produced a distinct communal response to environmental crisis.
Against this background, this seminar examines the Global South as a contested geographical expression and an experience of coloniality, resilience and resistance. It further explores the intrinsic nexus between the people and their environment and foregrounds the historical contexts that enliven the environmental present and future of the Global South. At the end of the seminar, students would be able to clearly articulate a better understanding of the Global South, the implication of history in the prevalent environmental practices and forms of activism.
While relevant materials would be made available electronically in due course, students are requested to buy and the read the following novels in advance:
- Maathai, Wangari. Unbowed. Arrow Books, 2006.
- Akbar, Prayaag. Leila. Faber & Faber, 2018.
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