Conference location functions as physical solidarity with a host community’s struggle

Evidence

The second gathering was held near Bear Butte, South Dakota, the following June. At Bear Butte, those who gathered physically demonstrated their solidarity with two local Lakota groups, the Good Road Coalition and the Native Resource Coalition, which were fighting massive garbage dumps proposed for the nearby Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. At Bear Butte, the debate around the formation of a national network also came to a head. “People wanted coverage,” says Warledo, but “people didn’t want another national organization.” — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 620

Categorization

• XREF: Traveling-conference-as-solidarity mechanism parallels how siting each conference highlights a local fight. — connects to: Institutionalized space appropriation produces territorially bounded social solidarity — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1395; Physical co-presence in shared urban spaces enables worker solidarity among food couriers. — Donatella della Porta et al., Mobilizing Against the Odds: Solidarity…, 64

Broader Connections

• Institutionalized space appropriation produces territorially bounded social solidarity #expands (0.85) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1395