Materialität und Macht im Spiegel der Assemblage-Theorie: Erkundungen am Beispiel der Waldpolitik in Thailand
Nature and technology are at the core of many ongoing social transformations and political struggles. While constructivist approaches in general and poststructuralist theories in particular point to the discursive negotiation of materiality, they have so far failed to adequately account for its cons...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Geographica Helvetica |
| Online Access: | http://www.geogr-helv.net/69/157/2014/gh-69-157-2014.pdf |
| Summary: | Nature and technology are at the core of many ongoing social transformations and
political struggles. While constructivist approaches in general and
poststructuralist theories in particular point to the
discursive negotiation of materiality, they have so far failed to adequately
account for its constitutive role in stabilizing and destabilizing social
relations. We argue that theories based on a "flat ontology"
offer a way to re-materialize social theory while keeping the sensitivity to
power-knowledge relations that poststructuralist theories have developed. Drawing
on the work of Deleuze and Guattari and recent discussions on Assemblage
Theory in Human Geography, we sketch out a theoretical framework that
conceptualizes the relations between symbolic and material entities
in a non-deterministic way. Using the example of recent
shifts in forest politics in Thailand under the influence of climate change
policies, we discuss some of the empirical aspects that can be analyzed
with the help of Assemblage Theory. |
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| ISSN: | 0016-7312 2194-8798 |