Ethnographic Constructions of Indigenous Others

This book examines the ways in which indigeneity interacts with climate change politics at multiple levels, and at the same time offers a self-critical reflection on the role of ethnographic research (and researchers) in this process.

Autorentext

George Byrne is a researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the Centre for Women, Peace and Security. His PhD in International Development at the University of Sussex focussed on power and identities in international development, particularly the position of Indigenous Peoples and the role of indigeneity in climate change negotiations. George also holds an MSc in Social Research Methods, an MA in International Relations, and a BA in Latin American Development Studies and Spanish. His current research focusses on reflexive methodologies and the role of power in the interpretation of empirical research.

Inhalt

Part I: Background and Methodology; 1. The Emergence of REDD+, Indigenous Alternatives, and Indigenous Resistance; 2. Taking Up Space and Making Up Others; Part II: Seeing and Being Indigenous; 3. Negotiating Indigeneity at the Indigenous Pavilion; 4. Encountering the Optimal Other; Part III: Fieldwork the Hurts; 5. Failures and Frustration during Research Encounters; 6. Fear, the Real, and the Other; Conclusions: Re-Membering Research