A cosmopolitical commons? The role of fétiches in Kawawana, an Indigenous/Community Conserved Area (ICCA) in Casamance, Senegal

本研究建议检查的作用fétiches（或，“精神，shrines”）在土著/社区保护区（ICCA）在卡萨芒斯，塞内加尔，称为“Kawawana”。框架Kawawana作为一个“世界性的共同体”，这项研究将探讨这些“其他比人类”的动员可能意味着在当地乔拉民族和文化身份的背景下，以及更广泛的保护奖学金。最后，我想探讨如何在卡瓦纳fétiches的存在可能会质疑殖民现代假设的“自然”和随后的保护政策和实践。本项目将由两个关键问题指导：1。Kawawana作为一个保护项目，以及在乔拉民族和文化认同的背景下，其更广泛的作用和意义是什么？2.在卡瓦纳，fétiches的动员在哪些方面表明了一个“世界性的共同体”？该项目将与国际化学协会联合会合作开展，Kawawana是该联合会的成员，该联合会的工作涉及促进和连接地方、国家和区域各级的国际化学协会和类似举措。我已经与ICCA联盟建立了关系，他们也让我与Kawawana的联合创始人联系。

This study proposes to examine the role of fétiches (or, 'spirit-shrines') in an Indigenous/community conserved area (ICCA) in Casamance, Senegal, called 'Kawawana'. Framing Kawawana as a 'cosmopolitical commons', this study will explore what the mobilisation of these 'other-than-human' beings might mean within the context of local Jola ethnic and cultural identities, as well as for conservation scholarship more broadly. Ultimately, I want to explore how the presence of fétiches in Kawawana might contest colonial-modern assumptions about 'nature' and subsequent conservation policy and practice. This project will be guided by two key questions: 1. What is the wider role and significance of Kawawana - both as a conservation project, and within the context of Jola ethnic and cultural identity? 2. In what ways does the mobilisation of fétiches in Kawawana indicate a 'cosmopolitical commons'? This project will be conducted in collaboration with the ICCA Consortium, an international association of which Kawawana is part, whose work involves promoting and connecting ICCAs and similar initiatives at local, national and regional levels. I already have an established relationship with the ICCA Consortium, who have also put me in contact with a co-founder of Kawawana.