Idwi, "Xenopus Laevis," and African Clawed Frog: Teaching Counternarratives of Invasive Species in Postcolonial Ecology

Autor/inn/en	Ovid, Dax; Phaka, Fortunate Mafeta
Titel	Idwi, "Xenopus Laevis," and African Clawed Frog: Teaching Counternarratives of Invasive Species in Postcolonial Ecology
Quelle	In: Journal of Environmental Education, 53 (2022) 2, S.69-86 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ovid, Dax) ORCID (Phaka, Fortunate Mafeta)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-8964
DOI	10.1080/00958964.2022.2032564
Schlagwörter	Ecology; Environmental Education; Animals; Wildlife; Indigenous Populations; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Social Attitudes; Critical Theory; Race; Ethnic Studies; Scientific Research; Indigenous Knowledge; Folk Culture; Mass Media Effects; Science Instruction; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ökologie; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Sinti und Roma; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Kritische Theorie; Rasse; Abstammung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Afrika
Abstract	This article presents a Pedagogical Framework for Invasive Species to shift how we understand, teach, and study invasive species, especially when people are responsible for their expansion into new ecosystems. The focus is on a species originating from countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that humans extracted and introduced in certain regions of the Americas, Europe, and Asia: "Xenopus laevis," African Clawed Frog, or Idwi in the Zulu language. This article re-introduces the frog Idwi through lenses of de/post-colonial theory, Indigenous studies, and Critical Race Theory to create counternarratives. Through a popular press analysis, the article uncovers how humans in colonial contexts extracted species from de/colonizing spaces to export to other regions of the world. When the frogs were profitable, the entrepreneurs who exported them were valorized. However, once seen as invasive, frogs were targeted with xenophobic projections. This article foregrounds counternarratives that challenge and critique universal application of the "invasive species" label. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01