Property, Place and Piracy

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Martin Fredriksson (Linköping University, Sweden) James Arvanitakis (University of Western Sydney, Australia)

Property, Place and Piracy

Martin Fredriksson (Linköping University, Sweden), James Arvanitakis (University of Western Sydney, Australia)

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English

Routledge
18 December 2020

Economics; Property & real estate; Property law; Human geography; The environment

Series: Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series

This book takes the concept of piracy as a starting point to discuss the instability of property as a social construction and how this is spatially situated. Piracy is understood as acts and practices that emerge in zones where the construction and definition of property is ambiguous. Media piracy is a frequently used example where file-sharers and copyright holders argue whether culture and information is a common resource to be freely shared or property to be protected. This book highlights that this is not a dilemma unique to immaterial resources: concepts such as property, ownership and the rights of use are just as diffuse when it comes to spatial resources such as land, water, air or urban space.

By structuring the book around this heterogeneous understanding of piracy as an analytical perspective, the editors and contributors advance a trans-disciplinary and multi-theoretical approach to place and property. In doing so, the book moves from theoretical discussions on commons and property to empirical cases concerning access to and appropriation of land, natural and cultural resources. The chapters cover areas such as maritime piracy, the philosophical and legal foundations of property rights, mining and land rights, biopiracy and traditional knowledge, indigenous rights, colonization of space, military expansionism and the enclosure of urban space.

This book is essential reading for a variety of disciplines including indigenous studies, cultural studies, geography, political economy, law, environmental studies and all readers concerned with piracy and the ambiguity of property.

Edited by: Martin Fredriksson (Linköping University Sweden), James Arvanitakis (University of Western Sydney, Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 362g
ISBN: 9780367735654
ISBN 10: 0367735652
Series: Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 18 December 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Martin Fredriksson Almqvist is Assistant Professor at the Department for Culture Studies, Linköping University, Sweden James Arvanitakis is Professor and Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Western Sydney, Australia