If you would like to join the sessions below, which will be held via zoom until further notice, please contact David Stirrup (dfs@kent.ac.uk) to be added to the mailing list. Except where links are provided PDFs will be available for those who cannot access the original texts.
2020/21 Schedule:
Theory Friday October 30th 2-4pm
“Imperialism, History, Writing and Theory” (Linda Tuhiwai Smith) in Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (Smith)
“The Limits of Literary Theory” (Evelyn Araluen Corr) in Decolonizing Research: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology (eds “Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, Lee-Morgan, and Santolo)
Positionality Friday November 27th 2-4pm
“‘Wait a Second. Who Are You Anyways?’ The Insider/Outsider Debate and American Indian Studies.” (Robert Alexander Innes) American Indian Quarterly 33:4 (2009): 440-461
“Towards an Australian Indigenous Women’s Standpoint Theory: A Methodological Tool.” (Aileen Moreton-Robinson) in Australian Feminist Studies 28:78 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1080/08164649.2013.876664
Storywork Friday January 22nd 2-4pm
“Introduction: decolonizing research: Indigenous storywork as methodology” (Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, Jenny Bol Jun Lee-Morgan, and Jason De Santolo) in Decolonizing Research: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology (eds “Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, Lee-Morgan, and Santolo)
“Following the Song of k’aad ‘aww: using Indigenous storywork principles to guide ethical practices in research” (Sara Florence Davidson) in Decolonizing Research: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology (eds “Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, Lee-Morgan, and Santolo)
“Elder Brother as Theoretical Framework” (Robert Alexander Innes) in Sources and Methods in Indigenous Studies (eds Andersen and O’Brien)
Kinship/Relationality Friday February 19th 4-5.30pm (GMT)
“Thesis as Kin: living relationality with research” (Lauren Tynan) AlterNative 16:3 (2020): 163-170
“Relationality: a Key Presupposition of an Indigenous Social Research Paradigm” (Aileen Moreton Robinson) in Sources and Methods in Indigenous Studies (eds Andersen and O’Brien)
Land and Life Friday March 19th 4-5.30pm (GMT)
“Decolonization is not a Metaphor” (Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang) – https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/des/article/view/18630/15554
“Grounded Normativity / Place-Based Solidarity” (Glen Coulthard and LeAnne Betasamosake Simpson) American Quarterly 68:2 (2016): 249-55
Archives Friday April 16th 4-5.30pm (GMT)
“‘I do still have a letter:’ Our Sea of Archives.” (Alice Te Punga Somerville) in Sources and Methods in Indigenous Studies (eds Andersen and O’Brien)
“Decolonial Sensibilities: Indigenous Research and Engaging with Archives in Contemporary Colonial Canada.” (Crystal Fraser and Zoe Todd) – https://www.internationaleonline.org/research/decolonising_practices/54_decolonial_sensibilities_indigenous_research_and_engaging_with_archives_in_contemporary_colonial_canada/