Deathscapes of Settler Colonialism: The Necro-Settlement of Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada

@article{Barker2018DeathscapesOS,
  title={Deathscapes of Settler Colonialism: The Necro-Settlement of Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada},
  author={Adam Joseph Barker},
  journal={Annals of the American Association of Geographers},
  year={2018},
  volume={108},
  pages={1134 - 1149}
}
  • A. Barker
  • Published 23 January 2018
  • History
  • Annals of the American Association of Geographers
This article considers the influence of burials and memorials to colonial soldiers from an earlier era on contemporary social and cultural landscapes in Canada. Through the example of a landscape centered on Smith's Knoll, a burial ground for war dead from the British-American War of 1812, it explores the process of necro-settlement: the strengthening of settler colonial claims to land based on the development of complex, meaning-laden landscapes of dead and memory. This article consists of… 
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