Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs
Publication Date
Spring 3-18-2021
Abstract
The Bluff River Trail (BRT) is a future 10+ mile trail along the San Juan River corridor in the 4-Corners region of the Southwestern United States. By asking, what is the land ethic of the Bluff Community? this qualitative study identifies behaviors and beliefs, or land ethics, between seven Bluff residents and the San Juan River corridor. A land ethic contributes to the social re/production of space; therefore, third space theory contextualizes intersecting and contradicting spatialities evidenced in data. Data collection consisted of semi-structured interviews, questionnaires and focus groups. I used a qualitative content analysis pulling from grounded theory to analyze semi-structured interview and questionnaire data. I used a template analysis to analyze focus group data. Through exploring local, place-based relationships, I describe how seven Bluff community members socially re/produce their land ethics. This research punctures the privileging of land ethics at a national scale.
Keywords
spatiality, cosmographies, land ethic, 4-Corners, rural Utah, sense of place
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
First Committee Member (Chair)
Dr. Tryphenia Peele-Eady
Second Committee Member
Dr. Carlos LopezLeiva
Third Committee Member
Dr. Laura Harjo
Recommended Citation
Davis, Kelly F.. "The Bluff River Trail: A Community Land Ethic." (2021). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/educ_llss_etds/139
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