Bubble clash: Identity, environment and politics in a multicultural suburb

The purpose of article is to examine whether the current feminist philosophies in intersection identity, politics and environment can have practical purchase urban problem-solving. My argument mobilised using story Greater Dandenong, a multicultural suburb approximately 30km south-east Melbourne's central business district. This witnessed what I call ‘bubble clash.’ In recent years, Dandenong has experienced an ecological problem: its seagull population increased, causing community conflicts over how manage it. These been fought between insular, closed (i.e. bubble) groups. One effect this clash’ that it incredibly difficult develop communal agreement groups with very different outlooks. Feminist theory has, historically, provided significant resources for understanding kind situation. article, review political – drawing on Iris Young, Patricia H. Collins Elizabeth Grosz help us understand identity relate. contribution add pragmatic supplement body work. Extending beyond interpretation multiculturalism which ‘differences’ our identities are given priori quality, propose ‘transitionist pragmatist perspective’ (a) reframes we context contingency ongoing formation subjectivities their ideals (b) seeks trace history problematic situations specifically through lens