Infrastructure that Sings

Kwawaka'wakw Social Media for Wild Salmon in the Broughton Archipelago

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ID14784206
AuthorsShirley Roburn (0009-0000-6961-5167, York University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume46
Issue2
Pages201-224
Publication date2021-04-24
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0705-3657 • E-ISSN: 1499-6642
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.22230/cjc.2021v46n2a3835
OpenAlexW3176930453
LanguageEN
References cited18

Background: As an exercise in decolonizing infrastructural approaches to communications, this article applies the framework of “Two-Eyed Seeing” to the example of Kwawaka'wakw social media communications related to the occupation of fish farms in the Broughton Archipelago in 2017. Analysis: Kwawaka'wakw social media communications worked to enact a “living infrastructure,” upholding reciprocal relations with salmon and ocean waters, in support of the mutual flourishing of the waters, salmon, and people. Conclusions and implications: Kwawaka'wakw nations and their allies drew on social media to shift communicational channels beyond mainstream media. This supported Kwawaka'wakw in building relationships with broader publics, who helped pressure government to make change

Archipelago · Biology · Fish · Fishery · Flourishing · Geography · Government (linguistics · Mainstream · Media studies · Political science · Reciprocal · Social media · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Law · Social Psychology

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