Foucault in the forest
Questioning environmentality in Amazonia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2279237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael L Cepek (0000-0001-8635-8561, The University of Texas at San Antonio, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 501-515 |
| Publication date | 2011-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Ethnologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2011.01319.x |
| OpenAlex | W2077384139 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 107 |
| References cited | 22 |
In this article, I analyze the encounter between the Field Museum of Natural History and Amazonian Ecuador's Cofán people to question the concept of "environmentality": the idea that environmentalist programs and movements operate as forms of governmentality in Michel Foucault's sense. I argue that, although the Field Museum's community conservation projects constitute a regulatory rationale and technique, they do not transform Cofán subjectivity according to plan. By exploring Cofán people's critical consciousness of environmentalist interventions, I aim to cast doubt on the governmentality paradigm's utility for analyzing the complexities of cultural difference, intercultural encounter, and directed change
Amazon rainforest · Consciousness · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Governmentality · Michel foucault · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subjectivity · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Society in Latin America
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