Country and climate: Journeys toward the decolonial option among non-indigenous climate activists
Climate and environmental activism have long grappled with concerns of First Nations’ land, rights, and sovereignty in the Australian settler-colonial context. However, analyses of environmental campaigns indicate that there are tensions with the realities of decolonial praxis in the intersubjective...
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ftustellenboscho:oai:www.journals.ac.za/oai:article/5441 2023-06-18T03:40:38+02:00 Country and climate: Journeys toward the decolonial option among non-indigenous climate activists Bryant, Elise K. Sonn, Christopher C. 2022-09-14 application/pdf http://www.journals.ac.za/pins/article/view/5441 https://doi.org/10.57157/pins2022Vol63iss1a5441 eng eng Faculty of Arts & Social science, Department of Psychology http://www.journals.ac.za/pins/article/view/5441/3351 http://www.journals.ac.za/pins/article/view/5441 doi:10.57157/pins2022Vol63iss1a5441 Copyright (c) 2022 Psychology in Society (PINS) PINS-Psychology in Society; Vol. 63 No. 1 (2022); 52-82 2309-8708 1015-6046 decoloniality coloniality climate environment activism info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2022 ftustellenboscho https://doi.org/10.57157/pins2022Vol63iss1a5441 2023-06-06T00:26:30Z Climate and environmental activism have long grappled with concerns of First Nations’ land, rights, and sovereignty in the Australian settler-colonial context. However, analyses of environmental campaigns indicate that there are tensions with the realities of decolonial praxis in the intersubjective exchange among Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. We aimed to respond to and work alongside First Nations’ agendas in this space in by making visible the role of coloniality, interrogating complicity and colonial narcissism, and exploring ways in which non-Indigenous climate activists understand and traverse the decolonial option in order to disrupt hegemonic systems of colonial violence. From the thematic analysis of interviews with five non-Indigenous climate activists from around Australia, four major themes emerged: development of positionality awareness, negotiation of positionality, decolonial imaginings, and a shared journey of (un)learning. These findings illustrate the shifts in subjectivities, the imaginings of decolonial futures, the dilemmas of navigating competing discourses, and the fundamental importance of ongoing learning and unlearning with one another in authentic dialogue. Considerations for future research and decolonial climate activism actions are explored. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Stellenbosch University: SUNJournals |
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Climate and environmental activism have long grappled with concerns of First Nations’ land, rights, and sovereignty in the Australian settler-colonial context. However, analyses of environmental campaigns indicate that there are tensions with the realities of decolonial praxis in the intersubjective exchange among Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. We aimed to respond to and work alongside First Nations’ agendas in this space in by making visible the role of coloniality, interrogating complicity and colonial narcissism, and exploring ways in which non-Indigenous climate activists understand and traverse the decolonial option in order to disrupt hegemonic systems of colonial violence. From the thematic analysis of interviews with five non-Indigenous climate activists from around Australia, four major themes emerged: development of positionality awareness, negotiation of positionality, decolonial imaginings, and a shared journey of (un)learning. These findings illustrate the shifts in subjectivities, the imaginings of decolonial futures, the dilemmas of navigating competing discourses, and the fundamental importance of ongoing learning and unlearning with one another in authentic dialogue. Considerations for future research and decolonial climate activism actions are explored. |
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Country and climate: Journeys toward the decolonial option among non-indigenous climate activists |
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Country and climate: Journeys toward the decolonial option among non-indigenous climate activists |
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Country and climate: Journeys toward the decolonial option among non-indigenous climate activists |
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Country and climate: Journeys toward the decolonial option among non-indigenous climate activists |
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country and climate: journeys toward the decolonial option among non-indigenous climate activists |
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Faculty of Arts & Social science, Department of Psychology |
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PINS-Psychology in Society; Vol. 63 No. 1 (2022); 52-82 2309-8708 1015-6046 |
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http://www.journals.ac.za/pins/article/view/5441/3351 http://www.journals.ac.za/pins/article/view/5441 doi:10.57157/pins2022Vol63iss1a5441 |
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