Drawing inspiration from popular efforts to connect a wide array of political struggles, this symposium examines the ways that racial‐colonial politics unfold through nature and environmental practices linking past, present, and future across the United States and Canada. By way of introduction, we ask: What does it mean to do political ecologies of race in Canada and the United States? For us the response cannot be additive—merely grafting attention to racial/colonial politics onto established scholarly conventions. Instead, we aim for a deeper analysis that challenges and enlivens the field of political ecology. This introduction highlights what is at stake, and identifies the ways that the contributors' research pushes the field. Ultimately, we argue that political ecologies of race can help reinvigorate intellectual projects and build liveable futures by recognising and supporting the connections between ongoing struggles. We hope this symposium contributes to the task.

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种族政治生态学：美国和加拿大的定居者殖民主义和环境种族主义

这次座谈会汲取了广泛的努力以启发人们进行广泛的政治斗争的灵感，探讨了种族殖民政治通过自然和环境实践展开的方式，这些实践将美国和加拿大的过去，现在和未来联系在一起。通过介绍，我们问：在加拿大和美国进行种族政治生态学意味着什么？对我们而言，回应不可能是累加的，仅将对种族/殖民政治的关注嫁接到既定的学术惯例上。相反，我们旨在进行更深入的分析，以挑战并激发政治生态领域的活力。本引言着重介绍了有待解决的问题，并指出了贡献者的研究推动该领域发展的方式。最终，我们认为种族政治生态学可以通过认识和支持正在进行的斗争之间的联系来帮助振兴智力项目并建立可居住的未来。我们希望本次研讨会对这项任务有所帮助。