Mayor Brad Pettitt launched a topical new book by Thor Kerr in Fremantle on Wednesday 16 September. To the Beach: Community Conservation and its Role in Sustainable Development is a compelling account of important events around a controversial coastal property development.
Among the many media, cultural and literary studies scholars at the launch, Curtin University's Suvendrini Perera described how the book contributed to understandings of conflicts around development, environmentalism, heritage and local politics: 'Thor Kerr provides a heady analysis of the volatile swirl of sentiment, advertising, politics, activism and sheer opportunism that determined the outcome of a key development in Fremantle'.
From the National University of Singapore, Nirmal Kishnani called To The Beach a compelling read for the light it sheds on process, for the questions it raises about how we define sustainability, and 'for its page-turning writing style'.
From the University of Otago, Vijay Devadas said the work stimulated a rethinking of our relationships to the environment and 'larger questions around neoliberalism, democracy, civic participation, politics and resistance'.
Among the many media, cultural and literary studies scholars at the launch, Curtin University's Suvendrini Perera described how the book contributed to understandings of conflicts around development, environmentalism, heritage and local politics: 'Thor Kerr provides a heady analysis of the volatile swirl of sentiment, advertising, politics, activism and sheer opportunism that determined the outcome of a key development in Fremantle'.
From the National University of Singapore, Nirmal Kishnani called To The Beach a compelling read for the light it sheds on process, for the questions it raises about how we define sustainability, and 'for its page-turning writing style'.
From the University of Otago, Vijay Devadas said the work stimulated a rethinking of our relationships to the environment and 'larger questions around neoliberalism, democracy, civic participation, politics and resistance'.
Purchase
If you can't make it to the wonderful New Edition Bookstore in Fremantle where the book was launched by the mayor, To the Beach can be ordered from:
If you can't make it to the wonderful New Edition Bookstore in Fremantle where the book was launched by the mayor, To the Beach can be ordered from:
- UWA Publishing (for Australia)
- Booktopia (for New Zealand)
- Book Depository (for other countries)
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