Indigenous Art and Sovereignty Inspiring Change against Environmental Degradation

This special issue on "Environmental Artistic Practices and Indigeneity: In(ter)ventions, Recycling, Sovereignty" constitutes a body of creative contributions and academic articles addressing numerous forms of artistic practices of the Pacific Islands, Australia, French Guiana, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia. Inspired by Indigenous artists and writers whose practices and creativity help reimagine sustainable ways to inhabit the world, this introduction and our special issue interrogate contemporary environmental issues and the legacy of colonisation. They examine how Indigenous artists and writers, and artists working with Indigenous artists and communities, have for decades raised awareness about environmental issues, and encouraged people to regain their agency to struggle against environmental degradation and further destruction of Indigenous people's societies and health. This introduction contextualises the concepts and Indigenous terms used by artists to express their vision of what a respectful relationship with the environment would be. It also offers readings of the beautiful literary and artistic creative contributions included in this issue. Environmental themes such as waste recycling, health issues, pollutants (mercury, POPs), and agricultural technics are discussed here in light of human and non-human life and agency. This issue also features a significant range of calls for action to better protect and restore ecosystems

Environmental degradation · Microplastics and Plastic Pollution · Water Governance and Infrastructure

• Zambian Futurism and Decolonial Entanglements

  Open Access•Prabhudutta Samal, Swati Samantaray•eTropic electronic journal of…•2025

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• The pollution of the marine environment by plastic debris

  Open Access•José G B Derraik•Marine Pollution Bulletin•2002

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• Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

  Open Access•Jenna Jambeck, Jenna R Jambeck et al.•Science•2015

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• River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

  Open Access•Laurent Lebreton, Laurent C M Lebreton et al.•Nature Communications•2017

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• Transforming Representations of Marine Pollution. For a New Understanding of the Artistic Qualities and Social Values of Ghost Nets

  Géraldine Le Roux•Anthrovision•2016

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• La déclaration de l’Imagination ou l’appel au rêve de la jeunesse australienne

  Open Access•Jessica De Largy Healy•Cahiers de littérature orale•2020

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• Ships of Relations

  P Laviolette•International Journal of Heritage…•2005

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• Réparer le monde

  Open Access•Frédéric Joulian, Yann Philippe Tastevin et al.•Techniques & culture•2016

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• Pour une écologie décoloniale

  Malcom Ferdinand, Aurore Chaillou et al.•Revue Projet•2020

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• Waves of destruction

  Open Access•Michelle Keown•Journal of Postcolonial Writing•2018

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