Many congratulations to Boyd Cothran on a new publication, entitled Bridging Cultural Concepts of Nature: Indigenous Peoples and Protected Spaces of Nature, published by the University of Helsinki Press as the inaugural volume in their series AHEAD: Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
The book is edited by Boyd and two colleagues at the University of Helsinki, Rani-Henrik Andersson and Saara Kekki.
There is a link to the book, which is open access: https://hup.fi/site/books/e/10.33134/AHEAD-1/
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and here is the publisher’s description of it:
“National parks and other preserved spaces of nature have become iconic symbols of nature protection around the world. However, the worldviews of Indigenous peoples have been marginalized in discourses of nature preservation and conservation. As a result, for generations of Indigenous peoples, these protected spaces of nature have meant dispossession, treaty violations of hunting and fishing rights, and the loss of sacred places.
Bridging Cultural Concepts of Nature brings together anthropologists and archaeologists, historians, linguists, policy experts, and communications scholars to discuss differing views and presents a compelling case for the possibility of more productive discussions on the environment, sustainability, and nature protection. Drawing on case studies from Scandinavia to Latin America and from North America to New Zealand, the volume challenges the old paradigm where Indigenous peoples are not included in the conservation and protection of natural areas and instead calls for the incorporation of Indigenous voices into this debate.
This original and timely edited collection offers a global perspective on the social, cultural, economic, and environmental challenges facing Indigenous peoples and their governmental and NGO counterparts in the co-management of the planet’s vital and precious preserved spaces of nature.”
Congratulations again to Boyd on what sounds like a fascinating and important study.