Researcher(s):
Aphelion Crampton
ENVS course(s): 400 Initiated: September 2017 Completed: May 2018 Go to project site
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This is the project landing page for my ENVS 400 capstone. I will be addressing the framing question, How do power relations influence the control of consumable commodities within a neoliberal system?
Using Political Ecology and Dependency Theory, I examine how imports of powdered milk from the EU perpetuate neoliberal powers. Through commodity marketing, Europe-based multinational dairy corporations use their position in global trade to gain capital and practice neocolonialism over peripheral nation’s economic sectors. Senegal’s resistance towards unequal trade agreements, and action within their national dairy sector, reflect Senegal’s long standing persistence against colonial domination. While European influence over Senegal’s dairy sector can be seen as a microcosm of established powers, Senegal’s reactions can demonstrate a microcosm of a collective refusal to accept these standards.