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Articles | Volume 75, issue 2
Articles | Volume 75, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-75-139-2020
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Articles | Volume 75, issue 2
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16 Jun 2020
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No people, no problem – narrativity, conflict, and justice in debates on deep-seabed mining

Oscar Schmidt and Manuel Rivera

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In debates on deep-seabed mining (DSM), contrasting stories on mining carry different degrees of narrative potency and thus of potential discursive influence. We trace dominant discursive positions and their narrative structures to explain their relative success or failure. A successful narrative critique on DSM requires more pronounced depictions of the negative consequences in particular for humans, exposing the politics in policy making and offering captivating stories on alternatives.
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