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Environmental Art

A Creative Response to Economic Catastrophe

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In 2007–2008 the lives and lifestyles of individuals and communities around the world were rocked by a global event that in Australia became known as the ‘GFC’ the—Global Financial Crisis. As banks, stock exchanges and financial systems imploded, they brought down with them the carefully laid hopes and plans of millions of everyday people.

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Dahlsen, J. (2016). Environmental Art. In: emerald, e., Rinehart, R.E., Garcia, A. (eds) Global South Ethnographies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-494-7_5

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