In 1992, the US military withdrew from its bases in the Philippines. But they left behind environmental toxins that continue to pollute the land and people. Why was the US military able to leave without cleaning up this environmental damage? What can the environment tell us about the broader Philippine-US relationship? In this article I analyse a 2002 class action lawsuit against the United States regarding environmental damages caused by the US military. I argue that at the heart of these legal arguments are different understandings of time and history, what I call a contractual timescape versus a stewardship timescape.
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Reyes, V. (2020, December 1). Contractual and stewardship timescapes: The cultural logics of US-Philippines environmental conflict and negotiations. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463420000727
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