Settler Ecologies : The Enduring Nature of Settler Colonialism in Kenya / Brock Bersaglio, Charis Enns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enns, Charis, Author.

Bersaglio, Brock, Author.

Contributor:

Karmushu, Ramson, Contributor.

University of Toronto Libraries, Funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Kenya--Laikipia County.

Human ecology.

Settler colonialism--Environmental aspects--Kenya--Laikipia County.

Settler colonialism.

Wildlife conservation--Kenya--Laikipia County.

Wildlife conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.) : 17 b&w illustrations, 2 b&w maps

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Settler Ecologies tells the story of how settler colonialism becomes memorialized and lives on through ecological relations. Drawing on eight years of research in Laikipia, Kenya, Charis Enns and Brock Bersaglio use immersive methods to reveal how animals and plants can be enrolled in the reproduction of settler colonialism. The book details how ecological relations have been unmade and remade to enable settler colonialism to endure as a structure in this part of Kenya. It describes five modes of violent ecological transformation used to prolong structures of settler colonialism: eliminating undesired wild species; rewilding landscapes with more desirable species to settler ecologists; selectively repeopling wilderness to create seemingly more inclusive wild spaces and capitalize on biocultural diversity; rescuing injured animals and species at risk of extinction to shore up moral support for settler ecologies; and extending settler ecologies through landscape approaches to conservation that scale wild spaces. Settler Ecologies serves as a cautionary tale for future conservation agendas in all settler colonies. While urgent action is needed to halt global biodiversity loss, this book underscores the need to continually question whether the types of nature being preserved advance settler colonial structures or create conditions in which ecologies can otherwise be (re)made and flourish.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Photos

Maps

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Eliminating

2 Rewilding

3 Repeopling

4 Rescuing

5 Scaling

Conclusion

Afterword

References

Index

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 16. Dec 2024)

ISBN:

9781487557980

1487557981