Accounting and accountability relations: colonization, genocide and Canada’s first nations
The current study starts from the premise that accounting techniques and calculations have been, and continue to be, implicated in the colonization and genocide of Canada’s first nations. Relying upon previous literature concerned with governmentality, colonialism and genocide, it is proposed that a...
| Published in: | Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Emerald
2000
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513570010334126 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full-xml/10.1108/09513570010334126 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/09513570010334126/full/xml https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/09513570010334126/full/html |
| Summary: | The current study starts from the premise that accounting techniques and calculations have been, and continue to be, implicated in the colonization and genocide of Canada’s first nations. Relying upon previous literature concerned with governmentality, colonialism and genocide, it is proposed that accounting techniques helped to translate (neo)‐colonial policies into practice with (un)intended genocidal outcomes. Through an examination of historical examples, the analyses highlight how accounting techniques helped to translate policies of conquest, annihilation, containment and assimilation into practice, with the resultant outcomes of reproductive genocide, cultural genocide and ecocide. |
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