| dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines three key texts which serve as a means of exploring the process of
reclamation, of delving into a process of reconstruction of Indigenous identity but also of social
identity within a philosophical and moral structure of the biophilic. This is done through an
autoethnographic lens, as I have chosen three formative texts that have served as foundational
stories in my coming to know myself. Through reflecting on this process, I investigate how one
may relocate the self through the process of storying, as an immanent part of nature and in so
doing, I posit that even those living within structures of colonialism may begin to reconfigure the
fragmented spaces of the modern into something that recognizes and elevates lived relations with
the land as a form of authentic and vital knowledge of the self. Through the figure of the witch, I
examine the potential of archetypes to participate in this storying of the self into relation with the
world, considering the special nature of the witch as deriving their power from sources outside of
human control and as a natural and, often, subversive figure. I theorize the ways in which the
witch as an archetype has participated in my own storying of self as well as the potential for
archetypes such as these to participate in a relocation of humanity as manifesting within and
through nature. | en_US |
