Standing Down, Standing Together: Coalition-Building at Standing Rock
Abstract
Abstract This essay explores coalition-building as a confluence of space and embodiment. In particular, the author studies the relationship between U.S. military Veterans and Lakota protestors during the 2016 and 2017 anti-Pipeline Demonstrations at Standing Rock. A critical analysis of the case study brings to light a set of workable practices that involve situating physical bodies together in space, locating the situated-self relative to other people and the world, and performing an enlarged understanding of the self as always potentially coalitional. Together, these practices contribute to forming not only a functional social alliance but also a transformative coalitional consciousness.
- Journal
- Rhetoric & Public Affairs
- Published
- 2023-03-01
- DOI
- 10.14321/rhetpublaffa.26.1.0073
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