Reappropriating the treadmill of production : a case study of dolphin activism in Singapore.
This thesis looks at the ongoing confrontation between Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), and the local animal welfare rights group Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) and its supporters. The dispute arose over RWS’ holding of wild dolphins in captivity and its plans to use them in a ma...
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| author | Tan, Darren Yiwei. |
| author2 | Caroline Pluss |
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| description | This thesis looks at the ongoing confrontation between Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), and the local animal welfare rights group Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) and its supporters. The dispute arose over RWS’ holding of wild dolphins in captivity and its plans to use them in a marine theme park. Using a neo-Marxist framework, I argue that RWS commodifies dolphins, turning these natural beings into items of “recycled culture”, thus lubricating and enhancing what Allen Schnaiberg calls the “treadmill of production”. I then look at how members of the opposing activism movement perform “naturework” with regards to dolphins. This thesis shows how by strategic social construction of their cause in order to pressure RWS to free the dolphins, the movement has effectively re-appropriated and reversed the treadmill of production to a certain extent. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/482312019-12-10T11:57:48Z Reappropriating the treadmill of production : a case study of dolphin activism in Singapore. Tan, Darren Yiwei. Caroline Pluss School of Humanities and Social Sciences Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS), Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES), Genting International DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social change This thesis looks at the ongoing confrontation between Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), and the local animal welfare rights group Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) and its supporters. The dispute arose over RWS’ holding of wild dolphins in captivity and its plans to use them in a marine theme park. Using a neo-Marxist framework, I argue that RWS commodifies dolphins, turning these natural beings into items of “recycled culture”, thus lubricating and enhancing what Allen Schnaiberg calls the “treadmill of production”. I then look at how members of the opposing activism movement perform “naturework” with regards to dolphins. This thesis shows how by strategic social construction of their cause in order to pressure RWS to free the dolphins, the movement has effectively re-appropriated and reversed the treadmill of production to a certain extent. Bachelor of Arts 2012-03-29T08:34:14Z 2012-03-29T08:34:14Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48231 en Nanyang Technological University 30 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social change Tan, Darren Yiwei. Reappropriating the treadmill of production : a case study of dolphin activism in Singapore. |
| title | Reappropriating the treadmill of production : a case study of dolphin activism in Singapore. |
| title_full | Reappropriating the treadmill of production : a case study of dolphin activism in Singapore. |
| title_fullStr | Reappropriating the treadmill of production : a case study of dolphin activism in Singapore. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reappropriating the treadmill of production : a case study of dolphin activism in Singapore. |
| title_short | Reappropriating the treadmill of production : a case study of dolphin activism in Singapore. |
| title_sort | reappropriating the treadmill of production a case study of dolphin activism in singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social change |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48231 |
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