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摘要
在世界各地,土著人民正在为气候不确定和资源短缺的未来做准备。土著社区正在回顾过去,从他们的传统--随时间而变化的各种知识体系--中寻求指导,以便他们和子孙后代能够与地质和人类历史的 "深层时间 "建立联系。在这篇文章中,我们将探讨澳大利亚的旺根和贾加林古家庭委员会以及美国的阿瓜卡连特卡胡亚印第安人部落是如何从长远角度看待生态可持续性和主权问题的。我们聚焦于太平洋两岸的这两个土著社区,因为它们是过去十年中最受瞩目的古地下水争夺战之一。在全球定居者国家的干预和剥削性经济行为的背景下,这两个案例揭示了 "族群景观 "的概念--或者说与相互关联的生态系统、历史和归属地(或节点)的共同关联感--如何能使我们更深刻地理解环境管理及其对土著主权的重要性。矿业公司和定居者政府在做出决策时仍然考虑中短期目标,而 Wangan、Jagalingou 和 Agua Caliente 领导人则利用地下水的法律斗争来强调他们与当地环境在精神和物质上的联系。与世界各地的土著社区一样,Wangan 和 Jagalingou 家庭委员会以及 Agua Caliente 卡维利亚印第安人部落正在通过环境管理维护其主权,从而做出本体论选择。
Rainbow Serpents and Boiling Springs: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Fight for Groundwater in the United States and Australia
Around the world, Indigenous people are preparing for futures of climate uncertainty and resource shortages. Indigenous communities are looking to the past and seeking guidance from their traditions – diverse systems of knowledge that change over time – so that they and future generations might nurture connections to the “deep time” of geological and human histories. In this essay we examine how the Wangan and Jagalingou Family Council in Australia and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in the United States have taken long-term views on ecological sustainability and sovereignty. We focus on these two Indigenous communities on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean because they are among the highest-profile battles over ancient groundwater in the past decade. Set against a backdrop of global settler state interference and exploitative economic practices, both cases reveal how the concept of kinscapes – or a shared sense of relatedness to interconnected ecosystems, histories, and places (or nodes) of belonging – can sharpen our understanding of environmental stewardship and its importance to Indigenous sovereignty. Whereas mining corporations and settler governments continue to make decisions with short- to medium-term objectives in mind, Wangan and Jagalingou and Agua Caliente leaders have used legal battles over groundwater to underscore their spiritual and physical connectedness with local environments. Like Indigenous communities around the world, the Wangan and Jagalingou Family Council and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians are making ontological choices by asserting their sovereignty through environmental stewardship.
期刊介绍:
Journal of American Studies seeks to critique and interrogate the notion of "America", pursuing this through international perspectives on the history, literature, politics and culture of the United States. The Journal publishes original peer-reviewed research and analysis by established and emerging scholars throughout the world, considering US history, politics, literature, institutions, economics, film, popular culture, geography, sociology and related subjects in domestic, continental, hemispheric, and global contexts. Its expanded book review section offers in-depth analysis of recent American Studies scholarship to promote further discussion and debate.