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Colonial Geographies and Environmental Politics in the Pacific Northwest
Principal Investigator: David A. Rossiter, Western Washington University |
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Project Description
This project is a wide-ranging investigation of social productions of nature and space resulting from contests over land and resources in the Pacific Northwest. Early phases focused upon the discursive construction of British Columbia’s rainforest landscapes by environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs). More recently, inquiry has focused upon aboriginal claims to land and resources and environmentalists’ response. Throughout, the project positions historical geographies of the present as a central concern.
Results to Date
Rossiter, David A., “Negotiating Nature: Colonial Geographies and Environmental Politics in the Pacific Northwest” in Ethics, Place, and Environment, 11(2), 2008, pp. 113-128.
Rossiter, David and Patricia K. Wood, “Fantastic Topographies: Neo-Liberal Responses to Aboriginal Land Claims in British Columbia” in The Canadian Geographer / le Géographe canadien, 49(4), 2005, pp. 352-366.
Rossiter, David, “The Nature of Protest: Constructing the Spaces of British Columbia’s Rainforests” in Cultural Geographies, 11(2), 2004, pp. 139-164.
Funding
Field research for “The Nature of Protest” was made possible through grants from the Faculty of Graduate Studies at York University.
“Negotiating Nature” was supported by a Canadian Embassy Faculty Research Grant and a Summer Research Grant from Research and Sponsored Programs at Western Washington University.
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