Gary BRIERLEY, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
This follow-up to a recent paper by Sharp et al. (2022) uses examples from recent river encounters in Aotearoa New Zealand to explore approaches to, and implications of, an explicit geoethical orientation in physical geography. More-than-human relationships lay the political foundations for less exploitative social and ecological relations framed within a decolonised, post-productivist, physical geography. This paper explores ‘meanings’ in the development and application of nature-based ‘solutions’ that work with system recovery (Fryirs & Brierley, 2021). Reflecting upon recent developments that contemplate the role of geomorphology in assertions of the Rights of the River (Brierley et al., 2019), I introduce various signposts to aid Physical Geographers in navigating geoethical terrain in approaches and practices that endeavour to Let the River Speak (Hikuroa et al., 2021; Salmond et al., 2019).
Mots clés : Critical Physical Geography|Landscape|Socio-natures|River health
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