Shae Frydenlund
Biographic Data
| ID | 1433366 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shae Frydenlund |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shae |
| FAMILY NAME | Frydenlund |
| SIGNATURE | FRYDENLUND S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Boulder |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0011-6807 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Violent Separations: Refugee Workers, Racial Capitalism, and the Production of Debility
This paper focuses on how Rohingya people, legally admitted as refugees to the United States, become available as workers by being violently separated from their places of origin, from family members, and even their own bodies. We argue that resettlement releases labor from its attachments to places and people, thus making it available for higher‐value, higher‐intensity exploitation elsewhere. This, however, exposes workers to an extraordinarily …
Living space and the struggle against geothermal energy projects in Flores, Indonesia
Framed as part of the country's green energy transition, the Indonesian government declared Flores a “Geothermal Island” in 2017. However, geothermal projects have provoked strong opposition due to concerns about risks of water and air pollution, lethal accidents, and loss of livelihoods. This article examines how two Manggarai communities on Flores have struggled against geothermal development by mobilizing around the defense of ruang hidup or “…
Rethinking refugee surplus populations: Exploitation and dialectical disposability in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
On Along the Integral Margin: Uneven Development in a Myanmar Squatter Settlement by Stephen Campbell
Cowboy up: Gender, labor, and workforce housing in Colorado ski country
Workforce housing does not reproduce all workers equally. So, what kind of workers does "workforce" housing reproduce? Whose reproduction is prioritized, whose is devalued, and how? A case study of housing access and design in three elite Vail Resorts enclaves in Colorado shows that workforce housing prioritizes the reproduction of a young, flexible androcentric workforce who can be cheaply and easily housed. Extending McIntyre and Nast's theoriz…
Refugee-Ness and Exploitation: A Feminist Geography of Shitty Jobs
Few people who participate in refugee resettlement programs expect long-term employment in shitty jobs, yet this is what many find in the United States. For Shamimah, Azizah, and Nila, three Burmese Muslim women who were resettled in Aurora, Colorado from Malaysia, the local workplaces where they find themselves are crucibles of oppression, albeit ones that are distinctively global. This essay is concerned with theorizing the relationship between…
Refugees and racial capitalism: Meatpacking and the primitive accumulation of labor
Border Capitalism, Disrupted: Precarity and Struggle in a Southeast Asian Industrial Zone, by Stephen Campbell
Accessing racial privilege through property: Geographies of racial capitalism
Situationally Sherpa: Race, ethnicity, and the labour geography of the Everest industry
Following Tenzing Norgay’s historic ascent of Mount Everest, western mythmaking transformed Sherpa ethnicity into a signifier for a labour category, a place, and a set of cultural characteristics. Westerners have come to link Sherpa-ness with stereotypes of superhuman strength, mountain skill, and loyalty. However, most labourers in the Everest industry are not Sherpas; they are upland ethnic minorities who migrate seasonally from the lower hills…
Accessing racial privilege through property: Geographies of racial capitalism
Refugees and racial capitalism: Meatpacking and the primitive accumulation of labor
Refugee-Ness and Exploitation: A Feminist Geography of Shitty Jobs
Few people who participate in refugee resettlement programs expect long-term employment in shitty jobs, yet this is what many find in the United States. For Shamimah, Azizah, and Nila, three Burmese Muslim women who were resettled in Aurora, Colorado from Malaysia, the local workplaces where they find themselves are crucibles of oppression, albeit ones that are distinctively global. This essay is concerned with theorizing the relationship between…
Situationally Sherpa: Race, ethnicity, and the labour geography of the Everest industry
Following Tenzing Norgay’s historic ascent of Mount Everest, western mythmaking transformed Sherpa ethnicity into a signifier for a labour category, a place, and a set of cultural characteristics. Westerners have come to link Sherpa-ness with stereotypes of superhuman strength, mountain skill, and loyalty. However, most labourers in the Everest industry are not Sherpas; they are upland ethnic minorities who migrate seasonally from the lower hills…
Situationally Sherpa: Race, ethnicity, and the labour geography of the Everest industry
Following Tenzing Norgay’s historic ascent of Mount Everest, western mythmaking transformed Sherpa ethnicity into a signifier for a labour category, a place, and a set of cultural characteristics. Westerners have come to link Sherpa-ness with stereotypes of superhuman strength, mountain skill, and loyalty. However, most labourers in the Everest industry are not Sherpas; they are upland ethnic minorities who migrate seasonally from the lower hills…
Border Capitalism, Disrupted: Precarity and Struggle in a Southeast Asian Industrial Zone, by Stephen Campbell
Accessing racial privilege through property: Geographies of racial capitalism
Refugees and racial capitalism: Meatpacking and the primitive accumulation of labor
Refugee-Ness and Exploitation: A Feminist Geography of Shitty Jobs
Few people who participate in refugee resettlement programs expect long-term employment in shitty jobs, yet this is what many find in the United States. For Shamimah, Azizah, and Nila, three Burmese Muslim women who were resettled in Aurora, Colorado from Malaysia, the local workplaces where they find themselves are crucibles of oppression, albeit ones that are distinctively global. This essay is concerned with theorizing the relationship between…
On Along the Integral Margin: Uneven Development in a Myanmar Squatter Settlement by Stephen Campbell
Cowboy up: Gender, labor, and workforce housing in Colorado ski country
Workforce housing does not reproduce all workers equally. So, what kind of workers does "workforce" housing reproduce? Whose reproduction is prioritized, whose is devalued, and how? A case study of housing access and design in three elite Vail Resorts enclaves in Colorado shows that workforce housing prioritizes the reproduction of a young, flexible androcentric workforce who can be cheaply and easily housed. Extending McIntyre and Nast's theoriz…
Violent Separations: Refugee Workers, Racial Capitalism, and the Production of Debility
This paper focuses on how Rohingya people, legally admitted as refugees to the United States, become available as workers by being violently separated from their places of origin, from family members, and even their own bodies. We argue that resettlement releases labor from its attachments to places and people, thus making it available for higher‐value, higher‐intensity exploitation elsewhere. This, however, exposes workers to an extraordinarily …
Living space and the struggle against geothermal energy projects in Flores, Indonesia
Framed as part of the country's green energy transition, the Indonesian government declared Flores a “Geothermal Island” in 2017. However, geothermal projects have provoked strong opposition due to concerns about risks of water and air pollution, lethal accidents, and loss of livelihoods. This article examines how two Manggarai communities on Flores have struggled against geothermal development by mobilizing around the defense of ruang hidup or “…
Rethinking refugee surplus populations: Exploitation and dialectical disposability in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Capitalism (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Politics (4 works)