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Conserving whose world? A critical discourse analysis of the "30x30" target from a decolonial perspective

Grandon, Nathalia LU (2023) HEKM51 20231
Human Ecology
Human Geography
Department of Human Geography
Abstract (Swedish)
Building on the substantial research that critically analyzes the social implications that conservation policy has on indigenous peoples, this thesis analyzes how colonial legacies may influence the way conservation knows and sees nature and subsequently help shape the strategies aiming to protect it. The thesis has two objectives. The first is to examine how the “30x30” target may challenge and/or subsume indigenous knowledge systems. I do this by identifying some of the epistemological and ontological assumptions that guide the framing of the “30x30” target in Motion 101- setting area-based conservation targets based on evidence of what nature and people need to thrive adopted by the IUCN. Thereby, I introduce discursive themes... (More)
Building on the substantial research that critically analyzes the social implications that conservation policy has on indigenous peoples, this thesis analyzes how colonial legacies may influence the way conservation knows and sees nature and subsequently help shape the strategies aiming to protect it. The thesis has two objectives. The first is to examine how the “30x30” target may challenge and/or subsume indigenous knowledge systems. I do this by identifying some of the epistemological and ontological assumptions that guide the framing of the “30x30” target in Motion 101- setting area-based conservation targets based on evidence of what nature and people need to thrive adopted by the IUCN. Thereby, I introduce discursive themes identified in the motion in order to focus on one of the targets’ limitations – an understanding of nature that is reductionist in its epistemology and dualistic in its ontology. I draw from decolonial theory to show that the “30x30” target perpetuates “coloniality of knowledge” which ultimately renders the inclusion of indigenous knowledge systems virtually impossible. The second objective is to reimagine conservation where a plurality of epistemologies and ontologies fit in. I propose that conservationists engage with sociology of absence to acknowledge how indigenous knowledge systems are currently suppressed and sociology of emergence to realize the potentialities indigenous knowledge systems can present in the aim of addressing the biodiversity crisis, thus fostering an ecology of knowledges that helps create a Pluriverse where many worlds fit. (Less)
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author
Grandon, Nathalia LU
supervisor
organization
course
HEKM51 20231
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
conservation, indigenous knowledge systems, epistemology, ontology, coloniality, decoloniality, critical discourse analysis, epistemicide, ontological occupation
language
English
id
9120935
date added to LUP
2023-07-26 10:30:42
date last changed
2023-07-26 10:30:42
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  abstract     = {{Building on the substantial research that critically analyzes the social implications that conservation policy has on indigenous peoples, this thesis analyzes how colonial legacies may influence the way conservation knows and sees nature and subsequently help shape the strategies aiming to protect it. The thesis has two objectives. The first is to examine how the “30x30” target may challenge and/or subsume indigenous knowledge systems. I do this by identifying some of the epistemological and ontological assumptions that guide the framing of the “30x30” target in Motion 101- setting area-based conservation targets based on evidence of what nature and people need to thrive adopted by the IUCN. Thereby, I introduce discursive themes identified in the motion in order to focus on one of the targets’ limitations – an understanding of nature that is reductionist in its epistemology and dualistic in its ontology. I draw from decolonial theory to show that the “30x30” target perpetuates “coloniality of knowledge” which ultimately renders the inclusion of indigenous knowledge systems virtually impossible. The second objective is to reimagine conservation where a plurality of epistemologies and ontologies fit in. I propose that conservationists engage with sociology of absence to acknowledge how indigenous knowledge systems are currently suppressed and sociology of emergence to realize the potentialities indigenous knowledge systems can present in the aim of addressing the biodiversity crisis, thus fostering an ecology of knowledges that helps create a Pluriverse where many worlds fit.}},
  author       = {{Grandon, Nathalia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Conserving whose world? A critical discourse analysis of the "30x30" target from a decolonial perspective}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}