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Composting Colonialism - An Ethnographic Study of Ecological Māori Agriculture

Carlsson, Sebastian LU (2024) SANM05 20241
Social Anthropology
Abstract
This ethnographic study outlines the spiritual and political underpinnings of three Māori farms in Aotearoa/New Zealand. I conceptualise a sub-division of the Degrowth movement interested in incorporating Māori worldviews and traditions into ecological agriculture. The participants’ aspirations and experiences are analysed as examples of a movement in the dawn of a new developmental phase. I depict the movement from the perspective of two separate but interlinked phases: initially, the focus was on cross-pollinating ideas, practises and spiritual beliefs. Sequentially, the movement diversifies its methods and philosophies while reinforcing its political stance as Indigenous people.
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This ethnographic study outlines the spiritual and political underpinnings of three Māori farms in Aotearoa/New Zealand. I conceptualise a sub-division of the Degrowth movement interested in incorporating Māori worldviews and traditions into ecological agriculture. The participants’ aspirations and experiences are analysed as examples of a movement in the dawn of a new developmental phase. I depict the movement from the perspective of two separate but interlinked phases: initially, the focus was on cross-pollinating ideas, practises and spiritual beliefs. Sequentially, the movement diversifies its methods and philosophies while reinforcing its political stance as Indigenous people.
The study aligns ecological Māori agriculture with Euguene Anderson’s framework for successful human-environment relations. By tracing the impact of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s bicultural context and the friction between environmentalism and Māori values, this study interprets the interplay of Māori worldviews and ecological agriculture as a continuum of experiences connected to racism, colonialism, ostracism, resource management and aspirations of food sovereignty and self-determination. (Less)
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author
Carlsson, Sebastian LU
supervisor
organization
course
SANM05 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Degrowth, Ecological Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, Indigenous Knowledge, Māori, Permaculture, Self-determination, Social Anthropology
language
English
id
9157300
date added to LUP
2024-06-03 13:39:40
date last changed
2024-06-04 03:41:05
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  abstract     = {{This ethnographic study outlines the spiritual and political underpinnings of three Māori farms in Aotearoa/New Zealand. I conceptualise a sub-division of the Degrowth movement interested in incorporating Māori worldviews and traditions into ecological agriculture. The participants’ aspirations and experiences are analysed as examples of a movement in the dawn of a new developmental phase. I depict the movement from the perspective of two separate but interlinked phases: initially, the focus was on cross-pollinating ideas, practises and spiritual beliefs. Sequentially, the movement diversifies its methods and philosophies while reinforcing its political stance as Indigenous people. 
The study aligns ecological Māori agriculture with Euguene Anderson’s framework for successful human-environment relations. By tracing the impact of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s bicultural context and the friction between environmentalism and Māori values, this study interprets the interplay of Māori worldviews and ecological agriculture as a continuum of experiences connected to racism, colonialism, ostracism, resource management and aspirations of food sovereignty and self-determination.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Composting Colonialism - An Ethnographic Study of Ecological Māori Agriculture}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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