Ho'ailona

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3914237
AutoresNathaniel Otjen (0000-0002-6176-8959, Princeton University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen16
Número2
Páginas309-330
Fecha de publicación2024-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironmental Humanities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2201-1919 • E-ISSN: 2201-1919
EditorialDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/22011919-11150083
OpenAlexW4400684144
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas30

This article asks what it means for conservation scientists to label a member of an endangered, endemic species homeless. By considering the boundary-crossing figure of Ho'ailona, a partially blind Hawaiian monk seal who was declared homeless and translocated six times between 2008 and 2009, the article argues that the language of home points to the ongoing operations of colonialism in Western conservation. Reading the discourse of homelessness offers a methodology for tracing the histories and manifestations of colonial logics as they circulate in conservation science. At the same time, the article considers how Kānaka Maoli articulated a contrapuntal claim to home that positioned Ho'ailona as belonging in his natal waters and among a multispecies community of caregivers. Bringing together critical homelessness studies and settler colonial studies, the essay examines how settler societies and institutions use endangered marine species to make specific claims to home and, by extension, erase Indigenous claims to place

Political science · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · History