Date of Award
Spring 6-13-2025
Document Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in Anthropology
Organizational Unit
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Anthropology
First Advisor
Christina Kreps
Second Advisor
Kelly Fayard
Third Advisor
Joe Brown
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
All Rights Reserved.
Keywords
Community museums, Cultural landscapes, Ecomuseum, Environmental heritage, Environmental sustainability, Museum anthropology
Abstract
Located in Saskatchewan, Canada, the Calling Lakes Ecomuseum, CLEM, is a community-based organization focused on water management and sustainability. Ecomuseums are holistic organizations that occupy landscapes, are responsive to community needs, conserve in situ heritage, and incorporate sustainability along with community development. The ecomuseum movement came from a need for holistic heritage management that disengaged with conventional museology and created space for communities to engage with their heritage in ways that promote community identity. This thesis analyzes the Calling Lakes Ecomuseum and how it utilizes the ecomuseum concept alongside environmental sustainability. Both semi-structured interviews and place-based field observations were used to gather data for this study to understand the formation, and priorities of CLEM along with how it interacts with environmental heritage. CLEM has had tangible impacts in reducing pollution in the Calling Lakes through its work with the City of Regina to reduce effluent releases and hold the city accountable. This research found that inherently at its core the Calling Lakes Ecomuseum is an environmental organization, and while it does not cleanly fit into the ecomuseum concept it has had many considerable achievements in the areas of sustainability and conservation of the Calling Lakes Region and does indirectly engage with environmental heritage through its conservation projects.
Copyright Date
6-2025
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Kace N. Anders
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
173 pgs
File Size
1.3 MB
Recommended Citation
Anders, Kace N., "Culture and Environment: The Calling Lakes Ecomuseum As a Community Sustainability Initiative" (2025). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2547.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/2547
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