Blue Pacific, polluted ocean
In this essay, I explore a cruel paradox. Pacific nations are increasingly deploying the language of the Blue Pacific to stress their solidarity and sovereignty, especially in the face of climate change. This evocation of the connecting power of the ocean in regional and global fora engages the visi...
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ftanucanberra:oai:openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au:1885/293657 2023-07-16T04:00:19+02:00 Blue Pacific, polluted ocean Jolly, Margaret 2023-06-22T03:57:38Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293657 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSS.2021.10041426 https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/293657/3/TMP514187199202362313018.pdf.jpg en_AU eng Inderscience Publishers 1756-2511 http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293657 doi:10.1504/IJSSS.2021.10041426 https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/293657/3/TMP514187199202362313018.pdf.jpg © 2021 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. International Journal of Society Systems Science Pacific ocean pollution plastic nuclear testing nuclear contamination ocean warming ocean acidification climate change sea level rise Pacific Island Forum Epeli Hau'ofa Journal article 2023 ftanucanberra https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSS.2021.10041426 2023-06-26T22:15:41Z In this essay, I explore a cruel paradox. Pacific nations are increasingly deploying the language of the Blue Pacific to stress their solidarity and sovereignty, especially in the face of climate change. This evocation of the connecting power of the ocean in regional and global fora engages the visions of scholars of Pacific ancestry starting with Epeli Hau'ofa's revisioning of Oceania as 'Our Sea of Islands' in 1993. It has proved a potent discourse, as witnessed in the Pacific Island Forum Leaders' meeting in Tuvalu in 2019. Yet Pacific people are simultaneously grappling with the legacy of colonialism and capitalism which has massively polluted their ocean - with plastic, nuclear contamination, and the warming and acidification of the ocean associated with climate change. The global inequalities and divisions created by a colonising capitalism and the burgeoning power and hubris of fossil-fuelled political economies are both cause and consequence of all three. This confluence of pollutants is also a crucial aspect of what Pacific peoples are seeking to redress through political leadership and diplomacy, claims of loss and damage, everyday practices of eschewing plastic and 'cleaning up' and through creative resistance in the arts. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Australian National University: ANU Digital Collections Pacific International Journal of Society Systems Science 13 3 241 |
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In this essay, I explore a cruel paradox. Pacific nations are increasingly deploying the language of the Blue Pacific to stress their solidarity and sovereignty, especially in the face of climate change. This evocation of the connecting power of the ocean in regional and global fora engages the visions of scholars of Pacific ancestry starting with Epeli Hau'ofa's revisioning of Oceania as 'Our Sea of Islands' in 1993. It has proved a potent discourse, as witnessed in the Pacific Island Forum Leaders' meeting in Tuvalu in 2019. Yet Pacific people are simultaneously grappling with the legacy of colonialism and capitalism which has massively polluted their ocean - with plastic, nuclear contamination, and the warming and acidification of the ocean associated with climate change. The global inequalities and divisions created by a colonising capitalism and the burgeoning power and hubris of fossil-fuelled political economies are both cause and consequence of all three. This confluence of pollutants is also a crucial aspect of what Pacific peoples are seeking to redress through political leadership and diplomacy, claims of loss and damage, everyday practices of eschewing plastic and 'cleaning up' and through creative resistance in the arts. |
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