Nature, culture, rights : exploring space for indigenous agency in protected area discourses
There is considerable geographical overlap between areas set aside for nature conservation or protection and Indigenous peoples’ lands, and the social, economic, and political consequences of protected areas have often been extensive for Indigenous peoples. Discourses of conservation converge with d...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-110737 2023-10-09T21:55:47+02:00 Nature, culture, rights : exploring space for indigenous agency in protected area discourses Natur, kultur, rättigheter : urfolks handlingsutrymme i naturskyddsdiskurser Reimerson, Elsa 2015 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-110737 eng eng Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen Umeå : Umeå universitet Statsvetenskapliga institutionens skriftserie, 0349-0831 2015:4 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-110737 urn:isbn:978-91-7601-362-5 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Protected areas conservation biological diversity heritage Indigenous peoples Indigenous rights Sami discourse postcolonial theory participation agency Skyddade områden naturvård biologisk mångfald världsarv urfolk urfolksrättigheter samer diskurs postkolonial teori deltagande handlingsutrymme Political Science Statsvetenskap Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis text 2015 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:52:00Z There is considerable geographical overlap between areas set aside for nature conservation or protection and Indigenous peoples’ lands, and the social, economic, and political consequences of protected areas have often been extensive for Indigenous peoples. Discourses of conservation converge with discourses of Indigenous peoples, and both carry a legacy of colonial constructs and relationships. With these overlaps as a point of departure, the purpose of this thesis is to explore how the discourses that govern nature conservation and protected areas shape the conditions for Indigenous peoples’ influence and participation in the governance and management of protected areas on their lands. I pursue this aim by analyzing, and critically examining the consequences of, the construction of Indigenous subject positions and conditions for agency in discourses of nature conservation and protected areas. The empirical focus of the thesis lies with international discourses of protected areas and Indigenous peoples and on local and national discourses articulated in relation to two cases of protected areas in Sápmi. My analytical framework builds on postcolonial theory and discourse theory. I use space for agency as a concept to describe and analyze the effects of the discursive positionings and constructions that shape the ability or capacity of individuals or group to act or to be perceived as legitimate actors. My results show twomain articulations of Indigenous subject positions in protected area discourses, which enable and restrain the space for Indigenous agency in different ways. One articulation connects Indigenous peoples to conservation through the concept of traditional knowledge, thereby positioning Indigenous subjects mainly as holders of traditional knowledge and justifying Indigenous influence by its potential contribution to conservation objectives. The other articulation focuses on the rights pertaining to Indigenous peoples as peoples, including land rights and the right to selfdetermination. These ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis sami sami Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) |
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Protected areas conservation biological diversity heritage Indigenous peoples Indigenous rights Sami discourse postcolonial theory participation agency Skyddade områden naturvård biologisk mångfald världsarv urfolk urfolksrättigheter samer diskurs postkolonial teori deltagande handlingsutrymme Political Science Statsvetenskap |
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Protected areas conservation biological diversity heritage Indigenous peoples Indigenous rights Sami discourse postcolonial theory participation agency Skyddade områden naturvård biologisk mångfald världsarv urfolk urfolksrättigheter samer diskurs postkolonial teori deltagande handlingsutrymme Political Science Statsvetenskap Reimerson, Elsa Nature, culture, rights : exploring space for indigenous agency in protected area discourses |
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Protected areas conservation biological diversity heritage Indigenous peoples Indigenous rights Sami discourse postcolonial theory participation agency Skyddade områden naturvård biologisk mångfald världsarv urfolk urfolksrättigheter samer diskurs postkolonial teori deltagande handlingsutrymme Political Science Statsvetenskap |
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There is considerable geographical overlap between areas set aside for nature conservation or protection and Indigenous peoples’ lands, and the social, economic, and political consequences of protected areas have often been extensive for Indigenous peoples. Discourses of conservation converge with discourses of Indigenous peoples, and both carry a legacy of colonial constructs and relationships. With these overlaps as a point of departure, the purpose of this thesis is to explore how the discourses that govern nature conservation and protected areas shape the conditions for Indigenous peoples’ influence and participation in the governance and management of protected areas on their lands. I pursue this aim by analyzing, and critically examining the consequences of, the construction of Indigenous subject positions and conditions for agency in discourses of nature conservation and protected areas. The empirical focus of the thesis lies with international discourses of protected areas and Indigenous peoples and on local and national discourses articulated in relation to two cases of protected areas in Sápmi. My analytical framework builds on postcolonial theory and discourse theory. I use space for agency as a concept to describe and analyze the effects of the discursive positionings and constructions that shape the ability or capacity of individuals or group to act or to be perceived as legitimate actors. My results show twomain articulations of Indigenous subject positions in protected area discourses, which enable and restrain the space for Indigenous agency in different ways. One articulation connects Indigenous peoples to conservation through the concept of traditional knowledge, thereby positioning Indigenous subjects mainly as holders of traditional knowledge and justifying Indigenous influence by its potential contribution to conservation objectives. The other articulation focuses on the rights pertaining to Indigenous peoples as peoples, including land rights and the right to selfdetermination. These ... |
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