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    2 Precious 2 Mine: Post politics, colonial imaginary or hopeful political moment?

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    Author
    Diprose, G.
    Bond, S.
    McGregor, A.
    Keyword
    Environmental activism
    Environmental politics
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    Abstract
    Radical democrats and geographers have argued that democracy requires a vibrant contestatory politics to challenge the contemporary “post-political” conjuncture. Despite suggestions of post-political processes in Aotearoa New Zealand, there are signs of a more vibrant politics. In 2010 an environmental campaign called “2Precious2Mine” captured the national geographic imaginary. Drawing on this example, we argue that although a space was opened for a vibrant contestatory politics, its effects were paradoxical. The campaign both reinforced the hegemonic narratives of neoliberal (post)colonial Aotearoa New Zealand, and simultaneously produced moments that challenged this apparent post-politicising trajectory. While we argue that such frameworks are useful, there is a risk that without cognisance of the situated nature of politics and closure, they both lose their political and academic explanatory purchase. Post-politics becomes at risk of constructing that which it seeks to describe, while radical democracy ends up falling short of its aims.
    Citation
    Diprose, G., Bond, S., McGregor, A. (2015). 2 Precious 2 Mine: Post politics, colonial imaginary or hopeful political moment? Antipode, 47(5), 1161-1183.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11072/1772
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