Pollution Is Colonialism - Max Liboiron
Max Liboiron presents in this book an innovative framework for understanding scientific research methods as practices that can align with or resist colonialism.
Key themes
- Environmental science and activism are often based on a colonial view of land and access.
- The book focuses on plastic pollution and demonstrates an anti-colonial scientific practice that aligns with indigenous, especially Métis, concepts of land, ethics, and relationships.
- Liboiron draws from their work at the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR) in Newfoundland, Canada.
- Pollution is not seen as a symptom of capitalism, but as a tool of violence within colonial land relations that claim indigenous land.
- The book rejects theories that make indigenous land available for colonial purposes and shows that anti-colonial science is not only possible, but already being applied.
Language and usage
This publication is in English and suitable for higher education and independent deepening in environmental sciences, colonial studies, and socially responsible research.
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