Bluwstein, Jevgeniy (2021). Colonizing landscapes/landscaping colonies: from a global history of landscapism to the contemporary landscape approach in nature conservation. Journal of political ecology, 28(1) University of Arizona 10.2458/jpe.2850
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I suggest that to decolonize conservation we must also decolonize our way of seeing land and nature-society relations inscribed in it as landscapes. I proceed in three parts. First, drawing on insights from post- and decolonial studies, critical geography, environmental history and political ecology, I highlight three problems that underpin a landscape way of seeing nature-society relations: depoliticization, simplification/decomplexification, and representation. Second, to illustrate the colonial legacy of the contemporary landscape approach to nature conservation, I revisit the global history of landscapism – the double movement of colonizing landscapes/landscaping colonies. This double movement began with the internal colonization of European landscapes (autonomous political communities), and continued through the landscaping of (settler-)colonies by Europeans outside of their homelands. Third, through the contemporary case of a landscape conservation initiative in Tanzania (the so-called "Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem"), I illustrate the implications of the double movement in the colonial present of African conservation. I conclude with a few remarks on what decolonization of conservation would have to entail in scientific research and practice.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Social Anthropology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Bluwstein, Jevgeniy |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology 900 History 900 History > 910 Geography & travel 900 History > 960 History of Africa |
ISSN: |
1073-0451 |
Publisher: |
University of Arizona |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Jevgeniy Bluwstein |
Date Deposited: |
06 Feb 2023 11:27 |
Last Modified: |
08 Feb 2023 00:19 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.2458/jpe.2850 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/177722 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/177722 |
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