Governing with care,reciprocity,and relationality: Recognising the connectivity of human and more-than-human wellbeing and the process of decolonisation
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Governing with care,reciprocity,and relationality: Recognising the connectivity of human and more-than-human wellbeing and the process of decolonisation
In this dialogue, wellbeing-led approaches to governance are situated within broader conversations occurring between Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars about decolonisation, climate change, and practices of cultural resurgence. I highlight how Indigenous peoples around the world are challenging the marginalisation of Indigenous ontologies, epistemologies and practices and seeking to reassert and enact care-filled, kin-centric, and reciprocal relationships with humans and more-than-humans through decolonising governance and management approaches.
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