Settler Ecologies

The Enduring Nature of Settler Colonialism in Kenya

Charis Enns, Brock Bersaglio

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English

University of Toronto Press
22 July 2024

Cultural studies; Social & cultural anthropology; Physical geography & topography; Biogeography; Geographical maps (specialist)

Settler Ecologies tells the story of how settler colonialism becomes memorialized and lives on through ecological relations. Drawing on eight years of research in Laikipia, Kenya, Charis Enns and Brock Bersaglio use immersive methods to reveal how animals and plants can be enrolled in the reproduction of settler colonialism.

The book details how ecological relations have been unmade and remade to enable settler colonialism to endure as a structure in this part of Kenya. It describes five modes of violent ecological transformation used to prolong structures of settler colonialism: eliminating undesired wild species; rewilding landscapes with more desirable species to settler ecologists; selectively repeopling wilderness to create seemingly more inclusive wild spaces and capitalize on biocultural diversity; rescuing injured animals and species at risk of extinction to shore up moral support for settler ecologies; and extending settler ecologies through landscape approaches to conservation that scale wild spaces.

Settler Ecologies serves as a cautionary tale for future conservation agendas in all settler colonies. While urgent action is needed to halt global biodiversity loss, this book underscores the need to continually question whether the types of nature being preserved advance settler colonial structures or create conditions in which ecologies can otherwise be (re)made and flourish.

By: Charis Enns, Brock Bersaglio
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9781487553616
ISBN 10: 1487553617
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 22 July 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Eliminating 2. Rewilding 3. Repeopling 4. Rescuing 5. Scaling Conclusion Afterword Notes References Index

Charis Enns is a presidential fellow in socio-environmental systems at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester. Brock Bersaglio is an associate professor of environment and development in the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham.