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Queering Whanganui River’s Legal Status

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Authors
Eric Willis
Reported year
2023
Reported language
en
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University of Victoria

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CA

Documentary abstract — original language

This study discusses the political implications and consequences of subverting colonial frameworks and legal definitions of personhood to include more than human entities. I argue that the Whanganui River's legal recognition as a person recognizes the value of Māori worldviews; however, I am not convinced such recognition indicates an interruption of ongoing settler-colonialism. I authored this paper to facilitate conversations about decolonization and selfsovereignty that are mindful of the process without utilizing reformist politics.

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W7220094502

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River

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Eric Willis. Queering Whanganui River’s Legal Status. 2023. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-c7efd4842cf73be3e1204e94cf0b8a06/

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Eric Willis. (2023). Queering Whanganui River’s Legal Status. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-c7efd4842cf73be3e1204e94cf0b8a06/
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Eric Willis. Queering Whanganui River’s Legal Status. 2023. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-c7efd4842cf73be3e1204e94cf0b8a06/
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Eric Willis. Queering Whanganui River’s Legal Status. 2023. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-c7efd4842cf73be3e1204e94cf0b8a06/

UDTR Global Rights of Nature Legal Library. Queering Whanganui River’s Legal Status. Documentary record: https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-c7efd4842cf73be3e1204e94cf0b8a06/ · Last HTTP verification: not performed

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Research dossiers and documentary relations

University of Victoria

Eric Willis

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Discovery source · https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/onpolitics/article/view/21481

Discovery source · https://openalex.org/W7220094502

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