Lauren Harding

Harding, Dr. Lauren

PhD, Anthropology (UBC), MA, Social Anthropology (York University), BA (University of Alberta)

Assistant Professor
Phone
250-960-5885
Email
lauren.harding@unbc.ca
Office
8-244
Campus
Prince George

Biography

Lauren Harding is a settler-Canadian from Edmonton on Treaty 6 territory. Her work is constantly informed by her connections to home and family, especially her youth camping and hiking in the Rocky Mountains.

Research and Expertise

Lauren Harding is a socio-cultural anthropologist interested in how outdoor recreation practices shape relationships with place in the context of settler-colonialism. Her past research examined wilderness tourism practices in Canadian national parks imposed on Indigenous territories. She uses qualitative methods, participatory research, and narrative analysis to understand social and cultural aspects of ecological change. She is mildly obsessed with grizzly bears, hiking, and slow travel.

Research Fields
  • Anthropology
  • Environment
  • Northern Issues
  • Tourism
  • Wildlife
Areas of Expertise
Environmental anthropology, anthropology of tourism, settler-colonial studies, human-wildlife conflict, ethnographic methods, multi-species ethnography, social anthropology, critical tourism studies, human-wildlife relations, political ecology.
Currently accepting graduate students
Supervises In
MNRES, MA NRES, MSc NRES

Selected Publications

Harding, Lauren. "‘This isn't Canada, it’s Home’: Re-claiming Colonized Space through the Host-Guest Relationship." Ethnoscripts 21, no. 1 (2019).

Harding, Lauren. "What good is a bear to society?." Society & Animals 22, no. 2 (2014): 174-193.

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