Immigrant Media in Relation to Environmental Issues in the U.S. Southwest

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K21087
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Area studies; Politics
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Toohey David 名古屋大学, 教養教育院, 特任准教授 (70750165)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: Environment / Immigration / Land / U.S. Southwest / Political Theory / Mexican-American

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Using archival sources and photos of visual culture in San Diego this research reconsidered the relationship between primitive accumulation (land loss) and: a.) traditional ecologies; and b.) cultural references to traditional ecology of Mexican-Americans in the U.S. Southwest. This research analysed different cultural modes of representation of this ecological viewpoint from a wide range of genres: poetry; fiction; maps; journalism; and visual arts (in the form of community murals) and put them into a context of political economy and discourse. Thus, empirical and theoretical sources were mixed to provide new perspectives. In addition to two conference papers, the research has produced one peer-reviewed journal articles and another peer-reviewed journal article which is in press. Additional papers are being developed about the urban context of Mexican-American environmentalism, especially from materials collected in urban sites in 2017.

Free Research Field

政治学 / 地域研究