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2004 Student Paper Competition,
Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group
Student Paper Competition > 2004
2004 Winner:
Janice Hardin, West Virginia University,
"The Rescaling of the Innu.”
Abstract:
"This thesis examines the interaction between the Innu of Labrador,
an indigenous people in eastern Canada, and the state since the middle
twentieth century. The changing spatiality of this interaction can
be understood through the analysis of the politics of scale. The scale
of Innu social practices has historically been both wide-ranging and
fluid. The restructuring of state space after the Second World War
lead to Labrador’s inclusion as a province in Canada. This event
resulted in a change in the Innu’s legal status with respect
to the state from a lack of formal legal recognition to the status
of citizen, which greatly differs from the recognition of indigenous
peoples in Canada’s other provinces. The Innu’s designation
as citizens has impacted their political struggles with the state.
"From the 1950s onward, the state has been increasingly involved
in promoting capital accumulation in and the militarization of the
lands the Innu have traditionally occupied. The state’s solution
to the unwanted presence of the Innu was to forcibly settle, and therefore
rescale, them in two settlements on the easternmost edge of Labrador
in the 1960s. The struggle by the Innu to regain their rights since
then has been shaped by not only their local dependence, but also
the difficulty they have faced in trying to form coalitions with local
stakeholders. Since the 1980s, the Innu have had to construct multi-scaled
coalitions with other individuals and organizations at broader scales
to counter the state’s militarization and promotion of mega-development
projects on their lands."
Honorable mention:
Mara Goldman, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
“Mapping Masai Place Names: Creating Space for Participatory
Conservation Planning.”
General Information:
The Student Paper Award is given for a meritorious student paper which
addresses geographic research, education, mapping, theory and/or applications
by, for and/or about indigenous people(s).
Criteria: The award is based on evaluation
of a written manuscript by the IPSG Chair and Board. Papers will be
evaluated based on their overall contribution to new knowledge and
understanding in the geographies of indigenous peoples. That contribution
may be theoretical, empirical or methodological in nature.
Eligibility: To be eligible for this
competition, papers must be presented at the AAG meeting, regional
geography meetings or other professional conference, and the student
must be the first or sole author of the paper. Student participants
do not have to be members of the IPSG to enter the competition. The
same individual may receive the award twice in different years for
different papers.
Award Committee: The award committee
shall consist of the IPSG Chair(s) and the Board of Directors. In
the event that there are Co-Chairs, those Co-Chairs shall submit only
one evaluation, for a total of four possible paper evaluations from
the committee. Members of the award committee must recuse themselves
from judging the papers of current or former students, but they may
participate in discussions during which final selections are made.
Award. The Student Paper Award shall
consist of $150 and a one-year honorary student membership in the
IPSG. Whenever possible, the award recipient will also receive recognition
in the AAG Newsletter.
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