My piece entitled ‘Why We Must Decolonise the Environment’ for Project Myopia is out now!
Project Myopia is a decolonising project dedicated to diversifying university curricula and transforming teaching practices. It is a platform for works created by women, non-binary people, differently-abled people and people of colour – as well as radical approaches to teaching and learning and is currently funded by the London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP).
‘Why We Must Decolonise the Environment’ is a semi-academic publication that focuses on the oppressive politics of the environment, bringing personal recollections from my experience in the DMZ. To quote my favourite line(s) in this piece:
“To bring things back to my hometown experience, the reason why nature flourished in the DMZ was not because it was devoid of humans, but because humans had fostered the conditions necessary for natural ecosystems to regrow, albeit unintentionally. In other words, humans are not intruders or conquerors of nature. They are one of many members belonging to the ecological community who must strive to sustain it. …
As some voices still mistakenly suggest that humankind as a whole is a species ‘parasitic’ on the Earth and its resources, historians can contribute by interrogating and specifying precisely who had and still has the power to define and shape the environment.“
To read the full article, visit: https://projectmyopia.com/why-we-must-decolonise-the-environment/
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