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Commodities, Conflict, and Cooperation
Fall 2016 & Winter 2017
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ANIMALS
Orientalism and Gorilla Poaching in Rwanda – Emma Somers
American Wild Horses: Commodities or Sacred Beings? – Allie Kuppenbender
Deforestation, Cattle, and Fast Food – Marcos Borja
ARTS/CULTURE
Butoh: The Intercultural Embodiment of Opposition – Lorena Macias
Hip Hop, BRUJAS, and Urban Feminism – Lizzie Merrick
Anti-Authoritarian Traditions: Activism and Media – Zach Yandrich
Muslim Watch: A Media Analysis Under Trump – Zak Soeria-Atmadja
The Anti-Contra Movement and Transnational Solidarity – Natasha Higbee
CARE/BODIES
Death Care in U.S. Prisons – Kendra Freas
The Future of Senior Care in the U.S. – Izzy Gore
The Adoption Industry and the Adoptee Rights Movement – Alex Lipe
Profiting off Indigenous Children in South Dakota – Colleen Zickler
Trans Bodies as Commodities in the Medical World – Mo Dole
Criminalization of Abortion in El Salvador – Frieda Bequeaith
People Not Playthings: Abuse in America – Amanda Delouise
Torture: Fueled by Greed – Katie Fong
Intersectional Health and HIV/AIDS in the U.S. – Jaxson Merk
EDUCATION/KNOWLEDGE
The Danger of Commodifying Knowledge – Alex Nolting
Instant Messaging and Social Media as Commodifying Communication – Drew Vandergriend
Common Knowledge: Free Software and Copyleft – Joseph Thayer
West Coast Gun Regulations Without Representation – Kellin Kahl
ENERGY
Western Shoshone Nation Opposes Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository – Matthew Neisius
Public Power: Distribution of Electricity in North America – Laurel Trammell
Carbon Trading – Colin Edwards
Resistance to Privatization of Oil in Mexico – Franz Carroll
The Nationalization of Iranian Oil – Christina Cravens
The Rojava Revolution: Oil, Water, and Liberation – Chris Colella
FOOD
Nisqually Food Sovereignty: Sustainable Decolonization and Restoration – Tori Chapman
Palestinian Olive Trees Under Attack – Anna Lucia Salerno
Planting Justice: Food Sovereignty in the Bay Area – Kieran Shell
The Chicago Unemployed Movement’s Protests for Food and Housing – Harry Katz
LABOR
Fast Food Workers’ Rights and the Minimum Wage – Punkin Ward
The Importance of Immigrant Worker Cooperatives – Taylor Maschger
Women’s Labor Under Capitalism – Amelia Clausen
Sex Workers’ Collective in New Zealand – Arielle Heighton
MINERALS/TIMBER
Resource Extraction and Social Unrest in Montana – Thomas Clark
Logging, Owls, and Unlikely Alliances around Environmental Ethics on the West Coast – Zack Shaver
Neoliberal Conservation and REDD in Ecuador – Kela Hall-Wieckert
OIL PIPELINES
Oil and Indigenous Resistance at Standing Rock- Rebecca Bramwell
Women’s Leadership at Standing Rock – Liz Randol
Indigenous Resistance to Enbridge Oil Pipelines – Raven Yamada
Keystone XL Pipeline: A History – Junius Dexter
Water Protectors Against the Trans-Pecos Pipeline – Roma Castellanos
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