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Resisting extractivism as a feminist critical socio‐spatial practice

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  • Maria Daskalaki
  • Marianna Fotaki

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This paper draws on feminist geographies of space, proposing a feminist critical spatial practice approach to study social movement organizing. Inspired by the work of Jane Rendell, a feminist theorist and architectural historian, we propose embodiment, materiality, affectivity, and alterity as co‐constitutive of feminist organizing. Specifically, we prioritize the intertwining of space and body in resisting extractivism to analyze visual artifacts produced by artists/activists who have joined the anti‐extractivist struggle against mining in Northern Greece, Chalkidiki area. In particular, we focus on how bodies transgress and reconstitute space by affecting its materiality during artistic performances. We argue that the protesting (moving and ensounded) body enacts affective solidarities and invites collective action against exploitative neoliberal regimes. Finally, the article brings together body‐land territory and territorial‐community feminism literature to enrich our understanding of spatial practices of resistance against neoliberal extractivist regimes while highlighting the role of emotions and affect as a means of mobilizing for action and maintaining momentum.

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  • Maria Daskalaki & Marianna Fotaki, 2024. "Resisting extractivism as a feminist critical socio‐spatial practice," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(3), pages 983-1011, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:gender:v:31:y:2024:i:3:p:983-1011
    DOI: 10.1111/gwao.13042
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