Relationality against settler colonialism: Melissa Kennedy, Erin O’Donnell (eds), People, Place and Nature in Indigenous-Settler Relations: Recentring the More-than-Human World, Springer, 2026 | settler colonial studies blog

Relationality against settler colonialism: Melissa Kennedy, Erin O’Donnell (eds), People, Place and Nature in Indigenous-Settler Relations: Recentring the More-than-Human World, Springer, 2026

06Feb26

Description: This edited collection is an essential resource for understanding contemporary Indigenous-settler relations across three major settler colonial contexts, bringing together First Nations and settler scholars, practitioners, artists and community organisations from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the USA. The book provides students and researchers with critical frameworks for analysing how colonial power relations shape contemporary injustices while exploring Indigenous-led pathways toward transformation. Organised into three sections – Words of the Land, Unmaking Extraction, and Restoring Country, Restoring Justice – the collection demonstrates how relationships between people, place, and the more-than-human world are articulated through Indigenous water governance, cultural restoration projects, decolonial museum practices, traditional ecological knowledge, and community-controlled care systems. Chapters engage theoretical rigor with practical case studies, offering concrete examples of how Indigenous knowledge systems provide solutions to environmental and social challenges.

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