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Dismantling Disaster Capitalism: What Does the New Green Deal Look Like for Archaeology? (2021)
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This is a forum/panel proposal presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Disaster capitalism takes place as private industries spring up to directly profit from large-scale crises, like natural disasters or wars, while exploiting and exacerbating existing inequalities. In the United States, the current administration’s Executive Order waiving environmental review is one example of disaster capitalism in that it removes regulations to spur economic growth....