Environmental Collective Memory: Decolonizing the Environment Through Deanthropocentrization
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: This paper aims at proposing a critical framework addressed at the environmental justice movement: a deanthropocentrization of the subject-through the recognition of the intrinsic worth of nature, and its procedural shades-may lead to the decolonization of the environment itself. Through examples such as the Ecuadorian recognition of Pachamama, and the acknowledgement of Maori lands as right-bearing entities in New Zealand, the framework builds on the adaptation of collective memories theories, intended as environmental collective memories, to operationalize Eric Yamamoto's "4Rs" approach, based on Recognition, Responsibility, Reconstruction, and Reparation, in a nature-related context.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6712078
Author: Diego Pasquale Morone
Institution: University of Trento
Language: English
Topic: Environmental law and policy
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7160058611
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