R SOC375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Kalamazoo River Oil Spill, Coastal Trading Vessel, Enbridge
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!1: bc government in opposition to the pipeline mostly due to spill-response and coastal tanker traf c. Monday, march 21, 2016: they do however want to participate in the economic bene ts, trying to maintain their power over their land, first nations sues the government over environmental process. Second half of lecture: addressing environmental con ict - techniques for public engagement: if the public understood then they would support certain practices (ex. clear cuts), assuming that people would come around with more information = fallacy. Review from week 1: public sphere - normative ideal (something that should exist in a perfect world, almost never achievable), idea of this is aspirational to us (ex. coffee houses and penny universities). Tools for public participation: indirect: gathering information and exchanging information with people that is not face-to-face - toll-free line, referenda, survey. One way information ow, no exchange or learning, no opportunity to develop or in uence points of view.
