Appreciating difference? A view from Indigenous rivers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8423722
AutoresCaroline Desbiens (0000-0002-8301-1308, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen63
Número4
Páginas540-552
Fecha de publicación2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCanadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0008-3658 • E-ISSN: 1541-0064
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/cag.12578
OpenAlexW2991004944
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas22

While the Saint‐Laurent river is considered to be the cradle of Québécois society, many other great rivers are found across the province—other cradles of civilizations, indigenous to the continent, notably the Chisasibi and the Manicouagan. These rivers played a key role in the Québécois movement of affirmation and modernization in the twentieth century. They are valued by many people in Quebec for their hydroelectric output rather than for their cultural richness and significance for the Eeyou (Cree) and Innu Nations. Since the 1990s, I have been able to study Quebec's historical geography from the standpoint of these rivers thanks to the expertise of Eeyou and Innu knowledge holders. Using the concept of decolonization as a practice, I explore how this has impacted both my work as a geographer and my cultural identity as a Québécois woman

Cartography · Ethnology · Geographer · Geography · Indigenous · Modernization theory · Political science · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · Ecology · History · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · Water Governance and Infrastructure