International guest Professor Kari Marie Norgaard joins Professor Jakelin Troy to discuss violence, denial, cultural identity and Norgaard’s latest book Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People (Rutgers University Press, 2019). Once the third-largest salmon-producing stream in the Western United States, the Klamath River has, as of 2014, fallen to only 4% of its previous productivity. This gives the once wealthy Karuk Tribe the dubious honour of having one of the most dramatic and recent diet shifts in North America. Unable to fulfil their traditional fishermen roles, Karuk people are now among the most impoverished in the state. In Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People, renowned environmental sociologist Kari Norgaard draws upon nearly two decades of examples and insight from Karuk experiences on the Klamath River to illustrate how the ecological dynamics of settler-colonialism are essential for expanding theoretical conversations on health, identity, food, race, and gender that preoccupy many disciplines today. Find out more here.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – David Schlosberg
05:05 Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People – Kari Norgaard
31:10 Education’s Role in Making Indigenous Voices Visible
42:15 The Radical Potential of Indigenous Sight
49:30 Intersectional Anxiety and Environmental Justice
Speakers
Professor Kari Marie Norgaard, University of Oregon
Professor Jakelin Troy, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research, The University of Sydney
Professor David Schlosberg (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute
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