"This is an Indigenous city; why don't we see it?" Indigenous urbanism and spatial production in Winnipeg. (12th April 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "This is an Indigenous city; why don't we see it?" Indigenous urbanism and spatial production in Winnipeg. (12th April 2019)
- Main Title:
- "This is an Indigenous city; why don't we see it?" Indigenous urbanism and spatial production in Winnipeg
- Authors:
- Nejad, Sarem
Walker, Ryan
Macdougall, Brenda
Belanger, Yale
Newhouse, David - Abstract:
- Abstract : This paper examines indigeneity and spatial production in the city of Winnipeg, home to the largest urban Indigenous population in Canada. Using data from semi‐structured interviews with Indigenous inhabitants, municipal officials, and Indigenous leaders, this paper argues that the right to the city and to difference are deradicalized for urban Indigenous communities. Indigenous engagement in processes of everyday urbanism occurs through broadly participatory public consultation and through mechanisms designed by City Hall to communicate with Indigenous communities about municipal initiatives. To arrive at a more robust and meaningful Indigenous urban visibility in Canadian cities, spatial production and programming mechanisms will need to be reconstituted. Guided by the perspectives of Indigenous participants, this paper considers some of what Indigenous urbanism might yet entail. Fulfilling coexistence and reconciliation is dependent on enabling Indigenous urbanism to guide the course taken in urban governance, spatial planning, and the built environment of Canadian cities. Key Messages: Contemporary planning and design does not recognize Indigenous social, cultural, and symbolic presence in cities and continues to marginalize Indigenous peoples from urban life. Indigenous peoples expect to play an unmediated role in shaping the sociality and spatiality of the city, building cultural density through its institutions and practices. Enabling Indigenous urbanismAbstract : This paper examines indigeneity and spatial production in the city of Winnipeg, home to the largest urban Indigenous population in Canada. Using data from semi‐structured interviews with Indigenous inhabitants, municipal officials, and Indigenous leaders, this paper argues that the right to the city and to difference are deradicalized for urban Indigenous communities. Indigenous engagement in processes of everyday urbanism occurs through broadly participatory public consultation and through mechanisms designed by City Hall to communicate with Indigenous communities about municipal initiatives. To arrive at a more robust and meaningful Indigenous urban visibility in Canadian cities, spatial production and programming mechanisms will need to be reconstituted. Guided by the perspectives of Indigenous participants, this paper considers some of what Indigenous urbanism might yet entail. Fulfilling coexistence and reconciliation is dependent on enabling Indigenous urbanism to guide the course taken in urban governance, spatial planning, and the built environment of Canadian cities. Key Messages: Contemporary planning and design does not recognize Indigenous social, cultural, and symbolic presence in cities and continues to marginalize Indigenous peoples from urban life. Indigenous peoples expect to play an unmediated role in shaping the sociality and spatiality of the city, building cultural density through its institutions and practices. Enabling Indigenous urbanism begins with creating a material and discursive sense of place for Indigenous inhabitants in the everyday lived experience of Canadian cities. « Ceci est une ville autochtone, ne le voyez‐vous pas? » Urbanité autochtone et production de l'espace à Winnipeg: Cet article étudie l'appartenance autochtone et la production de l'espace à l'intérieur de la ville de Winnipeg, ville où l'on retrouve la plus importante concentration d'autochtones urbains au Canada. En utilisant les données d'entretiens semi‐directifs avec des résidants autochtones, des fonctionnaires municipaux et des dirigeants autochtones, ce texte fait valoir que le droit à la cité et à la différence est « déradicalisé » pour les communautés autochtones vivant en milieu urbain. La participation des Autochtones à l'urbanisme au quotidien se fait par le truchement de consultations publiques et par l'intermédiaire de mécanismes conçus par l'administration locale pour échanger sur les projets municipaux. Pour atteindre une visibilité urbaine autochtone plus large et plus significative dans les villes canadiennes, la production de l'espace et les mécanismes de planification devront être repensés. Sur la base des avis et opinions de participants aux entretiens, nous tenterons d'identifier ce qu'une urbanité et un urbanisme autochtones sont susceptibles d'impliquer. En effet, une coexistence harmonieuse et une réconciliation réelle n'est possible que si on permet aux autochtones d'influencer, en fonction de leurs valeurs et pratiques, la gouvernance urbaine, les processus de planification et la forme de l'environnement bâti au sein des villes canadiennes. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Canadian geographer. Volume 63:Number 3(2019)
- Journal:
- Canadian geographer
- Issue:
- Volume 63:Number 3(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 63, Issue 3 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 63
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0063-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 413
- Page End:
- 424
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04-12
- Subjects:
- aboriginal -- Indigenous urbanism -- placemaking -- urban planning
Autochtone -- urbanité autochtone -- production de l'espace -- planification urbaine
Geography -- Periodicals
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- DOI:
- 10.1111/cag.12520 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0008-3658
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