Scott, Colin H.

Discipline(s)

Anthropology

Research Focus

Indigenous knowledge and resource management, tenure systems, indigenous rights of property and governance, ecological anthropology, relational ontologies, Crees of northern Quebec

Projects

1. Canadian First Nations Ontologies

2. Dialogues on Sustainability

3. Indigenous Engagements with Mining in Canada and Guatemala: Developing Refined Understandings through Collaboration and Comparison

4. Living Well in the Torres Strait

5. Protected Areas, Eeyou-Istchee

Selected Publications

Mulrennan, Monica E., Colin H. Scott and Katherine Scott, eds. 2019. Caring for Eeyou Itschee: Protected Area Creation on Wemindji Cree Territory. Vancouver: UBC Press.

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2013. “Ontology and Ethics in Cree Hunting: animism, totemism and practical knowledge.” In Graham Harvey, ed. The Handbook of Contemporary Animism. Durham (UK): Acumen. Pp. 159-166.

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