As i reading the materials, first point i see is city or nation-state in this capitalism world compete in the international level to attract the investment into the country whether for the national interest or the high-ranking elites interest. Then comes the Bre-X that cooperate with Indonesian elites, conjuring itself by crating the dramatization to its own story, then this strategy flash me to more self-familiar context, the celebrities world. Celebrities is a great example for this in my opinion, they tend to generate their popularity through the news or even more 'scandal' because this scandal bring their names in the paper which effectively keep them at the top of the list. Some company had nothing like the Bre-X, they create the imagination of the piles of gold to facilitate their stock market. No offense to the no-talented celebrities nowadays, just like it that they make a scandal to get on the news, to be seen in the media, and to keep money flying into their pocket. The Bre-X create their own 'encouraging' or 'shocking' story to make a belief in their product to, again, popularized their brand and enlarging investment. Even this dramatization keep the Bre-X alive longer than it should be but the magical world doesn't last forever, if they don't own the real 'thing'.
"The investment drama of the Bre-X story shows how articulations among globalist, nationalist, and regionalist projects bring each project to life."
According to the global warming which is the hot global issue, the reading implies that we all connected through the air and water and we need to save it. The dichotomy arise between the belief that forest should serve economic and state-administrative interest and the belief that nature deserves protection for itself. The point that relates to our course is that the national park which can create the sense of belonging in that nation-state to confirm their citizenship.
Form both readings, they clarify the perspectives that i've never thought of before...
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