Hunter Chelsea
Chelsea Hunter
Membre Doctorant
Anthropologie
Sujet de thèse : Co-managing sovereignty: The role of ontological commitments in collaborative conservation projects
While co-management is often discussed as a way to empower Indigenous communities, integrate Indigenous knowledge, and advance Indigenous agency, it is also critiqued for dispossessing Indigenous peoples from their land and sea territories. In this research, I examine whose ontological commitments are integrated in co-management projects in New Caledonia, why, and with what effects on Indigenous Kanak sovereignty? I ask this question within the broader political context of a decolonization movements, examining how movements for Kanak sovereignty shape and are shaped by co-management practices. Using an ethnographic approach, including interviews, participant observation, and social network analysis, I propose to compare understandings of relationality, among humans as well as between humans and non-humans, of Kanak, conservationists, and others involved in co-management projects, and to assess whose and which understandings of relationality are incorporated into co-management policies and practices. This research furthers understandings of what ontological commitments are incorporated into co-management and how these incorporations shape political sovereignty. These insights will be useful in co-management theory and practice and in places where conservation and sovereignty movements intersect, informing more just, equitable, and successful collaborations.
Adresse professionnelle : 4034 Smith Laboratory, 174 W. 18th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210
E-mail : hunter.930@osu.edu
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Ecole doctorale : The Ohio State University, Department of Anthropology
Directeur(s) : Mark Moritz
Co-directeur/encadrant(s) : Elodie Fache, Julie Field, Nick Kawa, Becky Mansfield