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Topographies of coal mining dissent: Power, politics, and protests in southern Philippines

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This article examines a social movement on coal dissent, focusing on mobilizations against a proposed opencast coal mining in southern Philippines. The proposal, which seeks to extract coal from the Philippine’s potentially largest coal deposit, was met with local opposition, effectively exposing place-specific topographies of coal dissent. Using concepts on social mobilization and mixed methods approaches, this paper surfaces the various contours of campaigns against extractivism in South Cotabato province, which included: acting against capital-led, nature-divorced regime of extraction, calling for protection of Indigenous People’s rights, calling for justice, and reassessing extractivism vis-à-vis a humanized approach to development. This paper reveals the contested dynamics in local politics and local mobilizations, contributes to our understanding of how social movements are shaping these politics, and highlights the emergence and centrality of justice when reassessing human relationships with nature.

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  • Delina, Laurence L., 2021. "Topographies of coal mining dissent: Power, politics, and protests in southern Philippines," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:137:y:2021:i:c:s0305750x20303211
    DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105194
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