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Settler colonialism is in the water: Michelle Murphy, ‘Alterlife and Decolonial Chemical Relations’, Cultural Anthropology, 2017 »

Settler colonialism is in the air: Kristen Simmons, ‘Settler Atmospherics’, Cultural Anthropology, 2017

25Nov17

Excerpt: Breathing in a settler atmosphere is taxing. Some of us can’t breathe. In the fall of 2016 many of us watched shaky Facebook video livestreams that resembled a warscape of heavy military equipment and smoke. Standing Rock and the Mni Sose (Missouri River) were choke points for water protectors asserting indigenous sovereignty, and sites for violent, experimental techniques of control used by police and private security forces.

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