Corrina Tucker

Doctor of Philosophy, (Sociology)
Study Completed: 2011
College of Humanities & Social Sciences

Citation

Thesis Title
Making resistance politics: The organisation to genetic engineering in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Ms Tucker investigated the politics of the social movement that formed to resist genetic engineering in Aotearoa New Zealand from the late 1990s. The movement developed a network structure that allowed its activists to engage in a wide diversity of tactics but nevertheless share a common sense of purpose. The culture of the movement articulated many concerns about the new technology by embedding them in modes of collective identity that resonate powerfully with popular understandings of what it means to live in New Zealand society. This combination of networking and identity meant that the movement has endured by adapting to changing circumstances and succeeding in mobilising large numbers of people along the way. By combining diversity with unity, GE resistance has become a powerful political presence. The possibility for future mobilisation remains.

Supervisors
Associate Professor Brennon Wood
Dr Lesley Patterson