Reinterpreting Mother Earth
Translation, Governmateriality, and Confidence
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https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.24346Keywords:
Mother Earth, Translation, Governmateriality, Confidence, Sam Gill, Scholars, Indigenous People, Environmentalists, COP26Abstract
The author responds to Gill's interpretation of Mother Earth as a name, a meme, and a conspiracy and argues it can become more compelling and perhaps less confrontational if it is supplemented with an alternative set of analytical terms. To tweak the perspective and the tone a bit, suggesting we try ‘translation’, ‘govern-materiality’, and ‘confidence'.
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