Living protocols: remaking worlds in the face of extinction

Theriault, Noah; Leduc, Timothy B.; Mitchell, Audra; Rubis, June Mary; Gaehowako, Norma Jacobs

doi:10.1080/14649365.2019.1619821

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“…Rather, as part of livelihoods and social relations, they require a constant relationship and renegotiation between people and place over time and space (70). Understanding how such knowledge and practice is acquired and revitalized in human endeavors (song, dance, story, politics, and so forth) and ecologies, is essential for understanding the relationships between people and place in conservation endeavors (19,57,71).…”

Section: A Path Out Of the Wilderness: Hearing Indigenous Voicesmentioning

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Indigenous knowledge and the shackles of wilderness

Fletcher

Hamilton

Dressler

et al. 2021

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The environmental crises currently gripping the Earth have been codified in a new proposed geological epoch: the Anthropocene. This epoch, according to the Anthropocene Working Group, began in the mid-20th century and reflects the “great acceleration” that began with industrialization in Europe [J. Zalasiewicz et al., Anthropocene 19, 55–60 (2017)]. Ironically, European ideals of protecting a pristine “wilderness,” free from the damaging role of humans, is still often heralded as the antidote to this human-induced crisis [J. E. M. Watson et al., Nature, 563, 27–30 (2018)]. Despite decades of critical engagement by Indigenous and non-Indigenous observers, large international nongovernmental organizations, philanthropists, global institutions, and nation-states continue to uphold the notion of pristine landscapes as wilderness in conservation ideals and practices. In doing so, dominant global conservation policy and public perceptions still fail to recognize that Indigenous and local peoples have long valued, used, and shaped “high-value” biodiverse landscapes. Moreover, the exclusion of people from many of these places under the guise of wilderness protection has degraded their ecological condition and is hastening the demise of a number of highly valued systems. Rather than denying Indigenous and local peoples’ agency, access rights, and knowledge in conserving their territories, we draw upon a series of case studies to argue that wilderness is an inappropriate and dehumanizing construct, and that Indigenous and community conservation areas must be legally recognized and supported to enable socially just, empowering, and sustainable conservation across scale.

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Section: A Path Out Of the Wilderness: Hearing Indigenous Voicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Indigenous knowledge and the shackles of wilderness

Fletcher

Hamilton

Dressler

et al. 2021

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

188

112

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“…Scholars such as Yusoff (2020) and Erickson (2020) argue that the Anthropocene depends upon a universal image of humanity which is itself closely associated with colonial pasts and lived colonial presents. For example, indigenous people’s lands were appropriated for resource extraction in the past (Fitz-Henry, 2020; Theriault et al, 2020) but is now also subject to disputes over whether the land should be restored to them or conserved by governments for future generations (Nustad, 2020). Referring to Canadian disputes over First Nations’ control over forests, Erickson (2020) argues that the latter approach privileges whiteness as universality, managerial objectivity, equality and normalcy.…”

Section: Human–nature Relations and Space-times Of The Past Present And Futurementioning

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Social geography I: Time and temporality

2021

Progress in Human Geography

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Time and temporality have gained renewed attention in the social sciences. This report examines such research in social geography, contextualising these developments in earlier geographical scholarship. It excavates the contemporary ways in which time and temporality’s relationship with space is conceptualised to analyse social relations, social inequalities and social justice. The report discusses three domains: intimate space-times, life stage and life-course; migration, mobility and social inequalities; and human–nature relations in the past, present and future. The report argues that the temporal framings and strategies of how people engage with unequal socio-spatial relations are core to the enduring concerns of social geographers.

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“…However, we do believe that, for each of us, there may be a set of broad principles or commitments to which we can, in our own ways, aspire to, which allow for a relational understanding of responsibility tethered to place and relations of accountability, reciprocity and care (Bawaka Country et al 2016;Lawson 2007;Raghuram, Madge, and Noxolo 2009). We take inspiration from the working manifesto of the Shadow Places Network (Potter et al 2020) and the 'living protocols' of the Creatures Collective (Theriault et al 2019) which compel us to think about a declaration as an ongoing project that can, in part, be open-ended, and provides not rules but guiding principles or learnings that invite ongoing (un)making.…”

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Geographers declare (a climate emergency)?

Wilkinson

Clement

2021

Australian Geographer

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Over the last two decades 'climate emergency' has grown from a little-known term to a mainstream public issue. In Australia, the term gained traction during the 2019-2020 'Black Summer' bushfires. The (un)natural disaster prompted local governments, industries, peak bodies and academic collectives to 'declare' a climate emergency and call for immediate action on climate change. We note, however, that there has been no declaration from geographers in Australia. As a discipline whose members are embedded in research, teaching and advocacy about climate changeand the interlinked crises of biodiversity loss and environmental and social justicewe found this surprising. It is self-evident that climate change matters to geographers. So, is a declaration of a climate emergency from the discipline necessary? In writing this piece we reflect on our experiences of the 2019-2020 summer and conversations with fellow geographers, to consider what a declaration of an emergency does, who it is for and what actions it might mobilise. In conclusion, we call on geographers in Australia to declare an emergency which foregrounds the interlinked crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and social (in)justice. The detail of what this declaration says and means in practice is open for discussion. We ask many questions throughout this paper as a way to invite youour fellow geographersto join us in this conversation.

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Living protocols: remaking worlds in the face of extinction

Cited by 23 publications

References 44 publications

Indigenous knowledge and the shackles of wilderness

Indigenous knowledge and the shackles of wilderness

Social geography I: Time and temporality

Geographers declare (a climate emergency)?

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