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dc.identifier	ECF_article_15434
dc.title	Nuclear Testing in French Polynesia: After Fifty Years of Lies and State Secrets. How to Calm Our Anger and Rebuild Ourselves
dc.contributor.author	Spitz Chantal
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/the-venice-journal-of-environmental-humanities/2023/2/nuclear-testing-in-french-polynesia-after-fifty-ye/
dc.description.abstract	The essay discusses, from an Indigenous perspective, the French nuclear weapon tests in the southern Pacific islands. It presents a vivid scenario of the detrimental effects and social inequalities produced by the dynamic of ‘industrialization without industry’ brought about by militarisation and extraction.
dc.relation.ispartof	Lagoonscapes
dc.relation.ispartof	Swimming Against the Tide
dc.issued	2023-12-20
dc.dateAccepted	2023-11-22
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-09-28
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2785-2709
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2023/02/006
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	French Polynesia
dc.subject	Militarisation
dc.subject	Nuclear testing
dc.subject	Pacific islands

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Nuclear Testing in French Polynesia: After Fifty Years of Lies and State Secrets

How to Calm Our Anger and Rebuild Ourselves

Chantal Spitz Tahitian author

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abstract

The essay discusses, from an Indigenous perspective, the French nuclear weapon tests in the southern Pacific islands. It presents a vivid scenario of the detrimental effects and social inequalities produced by the dynamic of ‘industrialization without industry’ brought about by militarisation and extraction.

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20 Dicembre 2023

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22 Novembre 2023

Presentato

28 Settembre 2023

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Keywords: Nuclear testing • Pacific islands • Militarisation • French Polynesia

permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2023/02/006

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