Stó:lō Relationalities: Exploring Infrastructures of Climate Adaptation along the Fraser River

Stó:lō, or the Fraser River in British Columbia, is a site of many intersecting forces, from the urgency of climate change caused by flooding and ecological degradation to the material and political hierarchies produced by settler-colonial infrastructures. All of which is imposed onto a rich landscape of indigenous life and history. This paper's approach follows three phases—encountering, entangling, and engaging—of indigenous culture from a non-indigenous (Chinese Canadian) perspective. The process analyzes, practices, and builds on connected histories of indigeneity, migrant labour, and modern colonial conditions. ‘Mapping’ also becomes integral for macroscopic and embodied interpretations of the Stó:lō, followed by the design of a socio-ecological infrastructure addressing climate change from a cultural angle. The paper concludes by reflecting on place-knowing for architectural practice, engagements with indigeneity, LANDBACK, and the cultural dimensions of climate change, suggesting further steps for related projects.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Carleton University

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Jiang, Wilson Tian Zhi

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 2024 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, distribution to students, research and scholarship. Theses may only be shared by linking to the Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be copied without proper attribution to the author; no part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

10.22215/etd/2024-16115

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/43316