Mongolia’s often unhoused underclass – nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples – are affected by the violence of colonial-capitalist development in multiple ways: robbed of their land, resources, etc. (and thus deprived of self-sufficiency) in the name of exploiting ‘mineral wealth’ and exposed to the resulting ecological damage including pollution. The latter is weaponized as sedentary lifestyles are propagated both as a retreat from pollution and as a means of overcoming it, for example by privatizing the care of one’s personal environment. In her lecture performance at the “Pluriverse of Peace” conference, Shuree Sarantuya traced the different trajectories of environmental warfare against nomads and highlights their struggles.
The audio was recorded at the “Pluriverse of Peace” conference on Thursday, October 16 at the ICI Berlin. The underlying lecture is based on Shuree Sarantuya’s contribution to the “Pluriverse of Peace” text series. Check out the accompanying video here.
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