The phrase "act of reclamation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the process of reclaiming something, such as land, rights, or identity.
Example: "The act of reclamation was essential for restoring the community's connection to their ancestral lands."
Alternatives: "process of reclaiming" or "reclamation effort".
But Mr. Frantz and Ms. Collins have performed a vital act of reclamation.
The Young Vic's current season of early Brecht plays is a major act of reclamation.
Gardening at our house still feels like a perennial act of reclamation.
By contrast, the American Civil War was both a bloody reckoning and an act of reclamation.
Far from a solemn, self-conscious act of reclamation, it is more a jaunty tip of the hat to the pop music of his parents' generation.
But his greatest act of reclamation may be his restoration of the Dorona grape, a Venetian varietal that ceased to be cultivated in the lagoon 600 years ago.
Operating in an increasingly tight real estate market, En Garde's productions also took part in more material acts of reclamation, displacement, and renewal, claiming "unproductive" places, albeit temporarily, and transforming them into sites of circulation, exchange, and consumption.
There is a difference between her daily life and the dark tides that shaped her creativity, but it might be said that she faced losses and persecutions that were both mythic and real and that the books she wrote were, as a result, great acts of reclamation.
The USA Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) of 1977 contained a number of reclamation provisions including the use of pre-selected overburden materials as topsoil substitutes when (1) the native A + E horizon materials are less than 15 cm (6′′) thick, and (2) the physical and chemical properties of the proposed substitute spoil materials are deemed suitable.
Allen Hughes saw an act of cultural reclamation in the funk.
