Review of participation of Indigenous peoples in plastics pollution governance
While calls for Indigenous participation in plastics pollution governance are increasingly common, exactly what participation means remains unclear. This review investigates how English-language peer-reviewed and gray literature describe Indigenous participation and its barriers and analyzes the dom...
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| description | While calls for Indigenous participation in plastics pollution governance are increasingly common, exactly what participation means remains unclear. This review investigates how English-language peer-reviewed and gray literature describe Indigenous participation and its barriers and analyzes the dominant terms, models, enactments, and theories of Indigenous participation in plastics pollution work. We find that different actors – Indigenous people and organizations, non-Indigenous authors, mixed collaborations, and settler governments and NGOs – are talking about participation in acutely different ways. Non-Indigenous actors tend to focus on the inclusion of Indigenous people, either as data, knowledge, or a presence in existing frameworks. Mixed Indigenous and non-Indigenous author groups focus on partnership and collaboration, though with significant diversity in terms of what modes of decision-making, rights, and leadership these collaborations entail. Indigenous authors and organization advocate for participation premised on Indigenous rights, sovereignty, creation, and leadership. We end by characterizing Indigenous Environmental Justice (IEJ) in the literature. IEJ provides a notably unique way of understanding and intervening in plastics pollution. The text is designed so researchers and organizers can be more specific, deliberate, and just in the way Indigenous peoples participate in plastic pollution research, initiatives, and governance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a1786726fc943758b742c84de48e8372023-10-06T03:37:14ZengCambridge University PressCambridge Prisms: Plastics2755-094X2023-01-01110.1017/plc.2023.16Review of participation of Indigenous peoples in plastics pollution governanceMax Liboiron0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3837-8650Riley Cotter1Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, NL, CanadaDepartment of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, NL, CanadaWhile calls for Indigenous participation in plastics pollution governance are increasingly common, exactly what participation means remains unclear. This review investigates how English-language peer-reviewed and gray literature describe Indigenous participation and its barriers and analyzes the dominant terms, models, enactments, and theories of Indigenous participation in plastics pollution work. We find that different actors – Indigenous people and organizations, non-Indigenous authors, mixed collaborations, and settler governments and NGOs – are talking about participation in acutely different ways. Non-Indigenous actors tend to focus on the inclusion of Indigenous people, either as data, knowledge, or a presence in existing frameworks. Mixed Indigenous and non-Indigenous author groups focus on partnership and collaboration, though with significant diversity in terms of what modes of decision-making, rights, and leadership these collaborations entail. Indigenous authors and organization advocate for participation premised on Indigenous rights, sovereignty, creation, and leadership. We end by characterizing Indigenous Environmental Justice (IEJ) in the literature. IEJ provides a notably unique way of understanding and intervening in plastics pollution. The text is designed so researchers and organizers can be more specific, deliberate, and just in the way Indigenous peoples participate in plastic pollution research, initiatives, and governance.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2755094X23000160/type/journal_articleplasticsendocrine disrupting compoundsIndigenous Environmental Justiceinclusionsovereignty |
| spellingShingle | Max Liboiron Riley Cotter Review of participation of Indigenous peoples in plastics pollution governance Cambridge Prisms: Plastics plastics endocrine disrupting compounds Indigenous Environmental Justice inclusion sovereignty |
| title | Review of participation of Indigenous peoples in plastics pollution governance |
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| title_short | Review of participation of Indigenous peoples in plastics pollution governance |
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| topic | plastics endocrine disrupting compounds Indigenous Environmental Justice inclusion sovereignty |
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