A political ecology of home: attachment to nature and political subjectivity

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dc.contributor.authorWood, Patricia B.
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Julie E. E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-06T22:21:04Z
dc.date.available2024-08-06T22:21:04Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionAccepted author manuscript
dc.description.abstractAt the Joint Review Panel (JRP) for Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline across northern British Columbia, many participants presenting oral statements situated themselves as decidedly ‘ordinary’ people, with rich connections to the land and landscape. Without speaking of ownership, they nevertheless made claims to the area as their home through highly detailed articulations of knowledge and experience of its natural features. For some, it was also connected to a collective, indigenous territorial claim. In all cases, we argue that it is an articulation of ‘home,’ and that this formed the basis for the political subjectivity that led to their participation in the JRP hearings. Linking the scholarly literature on home with that of political ecology, in this paper we explore the significance of the assertion of experience and knowledge of the physical environment as the basis to claim it as ‘home’ and to assert a political right to defend it from perceived intrusion.
dc.description.peer-reviewYes
dc.identifier.citationWood, P. B., & Young, J. E. E. (2015). A political ecology of home: Attachment to nature and political subjectivity. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 34(3), 474-491. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775815622787
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6841
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Geography and Environment
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Science
dc.publisher.institutionYork University
dc.publisher.institutionMcMaster University
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridge
dc.publisher.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0263775815622787
dc.subjectPolitical ecology
dc.subjectHome
dc.subjectPolitical subjectivity
dc.subjectCitizenship
dc.subjectBritish Columbia
dc.subjectNorthern Gateway pipeline
dc.titleA political ecology of home: attachment to nature and political subjectivity
dc.typeArticle
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