Date of Completion
2022
Document Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Geography
Thesis Type
Honors College, College of Arts and Science Honors
First Advisor
Ingrid L. Nelson
Second Advisor
Abigail McGowan
Keywords
more-than-human geography, autoethnography, settler colonialism, GeoHumanities, pinus strobus
Abstract
Eastern white pines (ewps) (have) grow(n) through the temporal and physical landscape now known as northern “New England” along with settlers who (have) shape(d) this place with the violence of settler colonialism and white supremacy. Settlers have severed and exploited human-tree relationships throughout the threads of revolution, wealth accumulation, industry, conservation, and death entangled in today’s political ecology. Using methods from history, autoethnography, and more-than-human/plant geographies, I position myself and case studies of two colonial settler ancestors in relation to ewps, focusing on places in Littleton MA, Burlington VT, Dover NH, Manchester VT, and Gilford, NH. I find that a “place praxis” which involves time, attention, and love in relationship with more-than-human beings can transform ways of being on and with land.
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Recommended Citation
Wanzer, Emily J., "Settler, Ancestor, Eastern White Pine: Living Histories in Northern "New England"" (2022). UVM Honors College Senior Theses. 606.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/hcoltheses/606