The Devil Can’t Find You If You Hum: Post-Environmental Conductivity

What would a repositioned concept of environmentalism look like, one that is specifically determined by the geography and the human rights at stake within the environmental politics of a place? I am interested in determining how performative engagements act as an art form that counters dispossessing...

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Main Author: Burkett, Thomas
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2014
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3368
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4367&context=etd
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Summary:What would a repositioned concept of environmentalism look like, one that is specifically determined by the geography and the human rights at stake within the environmental politics of a place? I am interested in determining how performative engagements act as an art form that counters dispossessing industrial, political and environmental regimes. Within this discussion of environmental dispossession I will discuss ways I have used drawing as a conceptual space to explore resistance, redefine cultural capital and challenge archeological structures of knowledge, through my presence and protest.