CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Tolkamp, Aaron Zachary Siebring |
|---|---|
| Title | Biopolitics in the Backcountry: Canada, Forestry, and the Colonial Politics of Recognition |
| Summary | Following the theoretical work of Political Scientist Glen Coulthard, this thesis sets out to answer the question, how does the politics of recognition serve to maintain the colonial relationship between Indigenous people and the state of Canada? In answering this question, this thesis focuses on the ways in which the politics of recognition is embedded within Forestry policy and practice in the Kenogami Forest Unit of Northern Ontario. Utilizing a critical study of policy documents, interviews, and observational data, this thesis shows how the politics of recognition is recontextualized in the Forest Management Planning Manual. Further, this thesis shows, via a theoretical framework of Foucauldian Biopolitics, how recognition politics, within a discourse of ‘Accommodation and Consultation,’ is operationalized in Forestry to maintain the colonial relationship between Indigenous people and the Canadian state. |
| Supervisor | Varadi, Luca |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/tolkamp_aaron.pdf |
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