Pollution Is Colonialism

Pollution is not a symptom of capitalism but a violent enactment of colonial land relations, according to Max Liboiron's book Pollution Is Colonialism. Liboiron's methodology demonstrates that anticolonial science is possible and is currently being practiced in ways that enact more ethical modes of being in the world.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 216 pages
\n Publication date: 14 May 2021
\n Publisher: Duke University Press
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Max Liboiron's book, Pollution Is Colonialism, offers a framework for understanding scientific research methods as either aligning with or opposing colonialism. They argue that even when researchers have benevolent intentions, environmental science and activism often perpetuate a colonial worldview and rely on access to land. The book specifically focuses on plastic pollution and presents an anticolonial scientific practice that aligns with Indigenous, particularly Métis, concepts of land, ethics, and relations. Liboiron draws from their work in the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR), an anticolonial science laboratory in Newfoundland, Canada, to demonstrate how pollution is not a symptom of capitalism but rather a violent manifestation of colonial land relations that seek to assert control over Indigenous land. Through their innovative, engaging, and passionate writing, Liboiron challenges theories that perpetuate the availability of Indigenous land for settler and colonial goals. Their methodology showcases that anticolonial science is not only feasible but is actively being practiced in ways that promote more ethical modes of being in the world.

Max Liboiron's book, Pollution Is Colonialism, offers a framework for understanding scientific research methods as either aligning with or opposing colonialism. They argue that even when researchers have benevolent intentions, environmental science and activism often perpetuate a colonial worldview and rely on access to land. The book specifically focuses on plastic pollution and presents an anticolonial scientific practice that aligns with Indigenous, particularly Métis, concepts of land, ethics, and relations. Liboiron draws from their work in the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR), an anticolonial science laboratory in Newfoundland, Canada, to demonstrate how pollution is not a symptom of capitalism but rather a violent manifestation of colonial land relations that seek to assert control over Indigenous land. Through their innovative, engaging, and passionate writing, Liboiron challenges theories that perpetuate the availability of Indigenous land for settler and colonial goals. Their methodology showcases that anticolonial science is not only feasible but is actively being practiced in ways that promote more ethical modes of being in the world.

\n Weight: 326g\n
Dimension: 154 x 227 x 18 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781478014133\n \n