@inbook{8b5f394b45864f0083f4bf830271fe82,
title = "Ressource oder Wildnis?: (Post)koloniale Vorstellungswelten von afrikanischen Naturr{\"a}ume",
abstract = "Based on seven selected (and translated) historical source texts this chapter illustrates and problematizes the colonial origins of two distinct notions of African natural spaces. First, the idea of African {\textquoteleft}nature{\textquoteright} as a resource that needs to be utilized (or rather exploited) under the banner of the so-called {\textquoteleft}civilizing mission{\textquoteright} or, later, {\textquoteleft}development{\textquoteright}. Second, the idea of an exotic and pristine “wilderness” where European men believed they could prove themselves as big game hunters in an archaic competition between man and beast; or as protectors of this {"}natural zoological garden{"} from humans (e.g. local Maasai herders). The chapter also examines the post-independence afterlife of these ideas in Africa and Europe. ",
keywords = "colonial history, environmental history",
author = "{van der Straeten}, Jonas",
year = "2023",
language = "Duits",
isbn = "978-3-7344-1495-4",
series = "Fundus - Quellen f{\"u}r den Geschichtsunterricht",
publisher = "Wochenschau Verlag",
pages = "206--217",
editor = "Miriam Grabarits and Detlev Mares",
booktitle = "Umweltgeschichte",
}