Lisa Pier

  • New Stories of Resistance: The Right to Say NO, Extractivism and Development Alternatives in South Africa

    New Stories of Resistance: The Right to Say NO, Extractivism and Development Alternatives in South Africa

    Despite growing interest in movements, mobilisations and communities rising up against extractivism, little research has focused on the radical political potential these mobilisations bear for envisioning just and sustainable futures. Taking the Right to Say NO in South Africa as a case study and point of departure, this thesis examines development alternatives envisioned within anti-extractivist…

  • New Stories of Resistance: The Right to Say NO, Extractivism and Development Alternatives in South Africa

    New Stories of Resistance: The Right to Say NO, Extractivism and Development Alternatives in South Africa

    Despite growing interest in movements, mobilisations and communities rising up against extractivism, little research has focused on the radical political potential these mobilisations bear for envisioning just and sustainable futures. Taking the Right to Say NO in South Africa as a case study and point of departure, this thesis examines development alternatives envisioned within anti-extractivist…