Title: Land education: Indigenous, post-colonial, and decolonizing perspectives on place and environmental education research
Abstract: AbstractThis editorial introduces a special issue of Environmental Education Research titled ‘Land education: Indigenous, post-colonial, and decolonizing perspectives on place and environmental education research.’ The editorial begins with an overview of each of the nine articles in the issue and their contributions to land and environmental education, before outlining features of land education in more detail. ‘Key considerations’ of land education are discussed, including: Land and settler colonialism, Land and Indigenous cosmologies, Land and Indigenous agency and resistance, and The significance of naming. The editorial engages the question ‘Why land education?’ by drawing distinctions between land education and current forms of place-based education. It closes with a discussion of modes and methods of land education research.Keywords: land educationsettler colonialismplace-based educationenvironmental educationindigenous perspectives on land and placeView correction statement:Erratum AcknowledgmentWe extend our deeply felt thanks to Alan Reid and Claire Drake, to the editorial board, to all of the participating authors, to all of our reviewers, to all of those who spread word about this special issue, and to all of those who have taught us that it’s about the land, it’s about the land, it’s about the land.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-02
Language: en
Type: article
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