Indigenous Publicity in American Public Lands Controversies: Environmental Participation in the Fight for Bears Ears National Monument
Environmental decision-making scholars have attended closely to the role of publics and counterpublics in environmental controversies. However, this body of work has undertheorized the ways that Indigeneity may complicate access to or desirability of American publicity as a driving force in environm...
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doaj-a068aac2d5c7444598f65955c0cd2f232021-07-28T11:09:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Communication2297-900X2021-07-01610.3389/fcomm.2021.673115673115Indigenous Publicity in American Public Lands Controversies: Environmental Participation in the Fight for Bears Ears National MonumentTaylor N. JohnsonEnvironmental decision-making scholars have attended closely to the role of publics and counterpublics in environmental controversies. However, this body of work has undertheorized the ways that Indigeneity may complicate access to or desirability of American publicity as a driving force in environmental advocacy. Inclusion within the American national body both functions as an advocacy tool for Native people and as a colonial discourse that may undermine sovereignty goals. Through a critical rhetorical analysis of documents at the center of the controversy over Bears Ears National Monument, this essay explicates the deployment of American publicity both to support and to undermine Native advocacy for the Monument. Scholars of rhetoric and environmental decision-making must re-orient toward publicity in a way that accounts for settler colonialism and decolonization.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2021.673115/fullpublics and counterpublicsrhetoricenvironmental decision makingNative American and Indigenous Studiespublic landbears ears national monument |
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Indigenous Publicity in American Public Lands Controversies: Environmental Participation in the Fight for Bears Ears National Monument |
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Indigenous Publicity in American Public Lands Controversies: Environmental Participation in the Fight for Bears Ears National Monument |
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Indigenous Publicity in American Public Lands Controversies: Environmental Participation in the Fight for Bears Ears National Monument |
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Indigenous Publicity in American Public Lands Controversies: Environmental Participation in the Fight for Bears Ears National Monument |
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Indigenous Publicity in American Public Lands Controversies: Environmental Participation in the Fight for Bears Ears National Monument |
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indigenous publicity in american public lands controversies: environmental participation in the fight for bears ears national monument |
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Frontiers Media S.A. |
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Frontiers in Communication |
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2297-900X |
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Environmental decision-making scholars have attended closely to the role of publics and counterpublics in environmental controversies. However, this body of work has undertheorized the ways that Indigeneity may complicate access to or desirability of American publicity as a driving force in environmental advocacy. Inclusion within the American national body both functions as an advocacy tool for Native people and as a colonial discourse that may undermine sovereignty goals. Through a critical rhetorical analysis of documents at the center of the controversy over Bears Ears National Monument, this essay explicates the deployment of American publicity both to support and to undermine Native advocacy for the Monument. Scholars of rhetoric and environmental decision-making must re-orient toward publicity in a way that accounts for settler colonialism and decolonization. |
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publics and counterpublics rhetoric environmental decision making Native American and Indigenous Studies public land bears ears national monument |
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