Decolonize Conservation: Global Voices for Indigenous Self-Determination, Land, and a World in Common--Conversation with Ashley Dawson

Speaking Out of Place · May 4, 2023 · 42m

In this episode of Speaking Out of Place we talk with Ashley Dawson about his new co-edited book, Decolonize Conservation: Global Voices for Indigenous Self-Determination, Land, and a World in Common, an anthology of essays by Indigenous activists from the Global South arguing against “fortress conservation” and “protected areas” whose existence is predicated on displacing indigenous peoples, and false claims about the expected benefits of such violence. They argue: It’s not all humans who are destroying “nature”; it’s one particular way of life and ideology. In reality, we are part of nature…