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  1. Article ; Online: "Bird cages and boiling pots for potential diseases"

    Creighton Connolly

    Journal of Political Ecology, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 24-

    contested ecologies of urban 'Swiftlet farming' in George Town, Malaysia

    2017  Volume 43

    Abstract: Abstract This article details the social construction of the 'swiftlet farming' industry in George Town, Malaysia. It argues that narratives of health and disease continually police which landscape practices are acceptable for the increasingly ... ...

    Abstract Abstract This article details the social construction of the 'swiftlet farming' industry in George Town, Malaysia. It argues that narratives of health and disease continually police which landscape practices are acceptable for the increasingly globalizing and image conscious city. 'Swiftlet farming' refers to the use of inner city shophouses and other commercial buildings for harvesting the edible nests of swiftlets (constructed from their saliva). Due to the high global demand and prices for birds' nests, the number of swiftlet farms have exploded in cities and towns across the country over the past decade, as entrepreneurs have been trying to cash in on the lucrative industry. The competing discourses and reactions to swiftlet farming in George Town, particularly in relation to its alleged potential for causing outbreaks of disease such as avian flu or dengue fever offer an apt entry point for studying this contested normative landscape. In doing so, I draw on recent writing on landscape and political ecology to analyze how swiftlet farm(er)s have been politicized by various stakeholders as (in)appropriate for the urban landscape. The article concludes by considering the significance of such an approach can help to make sense of the contradictions and uncertainties that abound in urban health controversies. Key words: political ecology, health, disease, landscape, birds' nest, Malaysia
    Keywords Environmental sciences ; GE1-350 ; Political science ; J
    Subject code 710
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher University of Arizona Libraries
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article ; Online: Tracing narratives and perceptions in the political ecologies of health and disease

    Creighton Connolly / Panagiota Kotsila / Giacomo D'Alisa

    Journal of Political Ecology, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2017  Volume 10

    Abstract: Abstract Political ecology has, in the past decade, emerged as an increasingly accepted framework for studying issues of health and disease and has thus given rise to a distinct sub-field: the political ecologies of health and disease (PEHD). More ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Political ecology has, in the past decade, emerged as an increasingly accepted framework for studying issues of health and disease and has thus given rise to a distinct sub-field: the political ecologies of health and disease (PEHD). More recently, scholars have suggested more specific avenues through which the sub-field can be further developed and focused. Building on recent work, we suggest that the role of health perceptions and health discourses is one area that could benefit from examination through the lens of political ecology. The papers in this special section thus intend to further contribute to the empirical richness of this area of study, through an emphasis on anthropological and cultural aspects of health injustices. We emphasize the role of health perceptions, in particular, as a way of exploring how people's experiences of the local environment often differ from dominant discourses related to un/healthy environments, and the effects stemming from this disjuncture. Keywords: Political ecology of health, disease, perceptions, discourse, ethnography, environmental justice
    Keywords Environmental sciences ; GE1-350 ; Political science ; J
    Subject code 360
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher University of Arizona Libraries
    Document type Article ; Online
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