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'It's like, we are thankful. But in the other way...they are just killing us too': community members' perspectives of the extractives industry's funding of recreational and cultural programmes in Fort McKay, Alberta.
| Title: | 'It's like, we are thankful. But in the other way...they are just killing us too': community members' perspectives of the extractives industry's funding of recreational and cultural programmes in Fort McKay, Alberta. |
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| Authors: | van Luijk, Nicolien, Giles, Audrey R., Frigault, Julia, Millington, Rob, Hayhurst, Lyndsay M. C. |
| Source: | Leisure/Loisir: Journal of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies; Feb2020, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p77-104, 28p |
| Abstract (English): | The growing role of the extractives industry in providing funding for recreational and cultural programmes in exchange for access to Indigenous lands raises some important questions about the impact this has on local community members. Informed by tenets of postcolonial theory and a community-based participatory research methodology, we worked with individuals in a small Indigenous community, Fort McKay, Alberta, Canada, to learn about their perspectives of the role of industry in funding their recreational and cultural programmes. Our findings revealed that while many were grateful for this funding, they also felt that industry had a responsibility to fund these programmes to offset the negative impacts industry had on their traditional territories. Further, they felt that the provision of these programmes does not fully address the loss of access to traditional cultural practices. While proponents of the extractives industry promote funding as a way to increase Indigenous self-determination, our findings show that increased self-determination through such arrangements is limited. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (French): | Le rôle croissant de l'industrie extractive dans le financement de programmes récréatifs et culturels en échange de l'accès aux terres autochtones soulève d'importantes questions relatives à l'incidence de ce fait sur les membres de la communauté. Sous l'optique des principes de la théorie postcoloniale et de la méthodologie de recherche participative basée sur la communauté, nous avons travaillé avec une petite communauté autochtone de Fort McKay, en Alberta, au Canada, pour connaître leur point de vue sur le rôle de l'industrie dans le financement de leurs programmes culturels. Nos conclusions révèlent que bien que de nombreuses personnes voient ce financement d'un bon œil, elles estiment aussi que l'industrie avait la responsabilité de financer des programmes destinés à compenser les impacts négatifs de l'industrie sur leurs territoires traditionnels. Par ailleurs, elles ont estimé que la mise en place de ces programmes ne compense pas complètement la perte d'accès aux pratiques traditionnelles. Tandis que les défenseurs de l'industrie extractive militent en faveur d'un financement comme moyen d'accroissement de l'autodétermination des populations autochtones, nos résultats indiquent que l'amélioration de l'autodétermination par ces moyens est limitée. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 14927713 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14927713.2020.1745670 |
| Database: | Complementary Index |