« The settler story as a classical tale: M. Lambert, ‘Herodotus and the 1820 Settlers in South Africa: Historiographies of Colonization and the “Cacophony” of Voices’, Akroterion, 65, 2020, pp. 143-167
Indigenous knowledge against settler colonial wildlife management: Andrew N. Kadykalo, Steven J. Cooke, Nathan Young, ‘The role of western‐based scientific, Indigenous and local knowledge in wildlife management and conservation’, People and Nature, 2021 »

Renewable energy against settler colonial extraction: Chad J.R. Walker, Mary Beth Doucette, Sarah Rotz, Diana Lewis, Hannah Tait Neufeld, Heather Castleden, ‘Non-Indigenous partner perspectives on Indigenous peoples’ involvement in renewable energy: exploring reconciliation as relationships of accountability or status quo innocence?’ Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, 2021

18Mar21

Abstract: This research considers the potential for renewable energy partnerships to contribute to Canada’s efforts to overcome its colonial past and present by developing an understanding of how non-Indigenous peoples working in the sector relate to their Indigenous partners. This study is part of a larger research program focused on decolonization and reconciliation in the renewable energy sector. This exploratory research is framed by energy justice and decolonial reconciliation literatures relevant to the topic of Indigenous-led renewable energy. The authors used content and discourse analysis to identify themes arising from 10 semi-structured interviews with non-Indigenous corporate and governmental partners. Interviewees’ lack of prior exposure to Indigenous histories, cultures and acknowledgement of settler colonialism had a profound impact on their engagement with reconciliation frameworks. Partners’ perspectives on what it means to partner with Indigenous peoples varied; most dismissed the need to further develop understandings of reconciliation and instead focused on increasing community capacity to allow Indigenous groups to participate in the renewable energy transition.


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