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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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  • Settler colonialism is a global and transnational phenomenon, and as much a thing of the past as a thing of the present. Settlers 'come to stay': they are founders of political orders who carry with them a distinct sovereign capacity.
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    • Settlement is sovereignty: Hüseyin Sevinç,  Mert Mahir Göz, ‘Settlement Policies and the Sovereignty Regime in Palestine: Demographic Engineering, Settler Colonialism, and Spatial Politics’, Journal of Humanity, Peace and Justice, 3, 1, 2026, pp. 57-78
    • The settler’s house: Marisa da Silva Martins, ‘Writing Back to the Canon: The Birchbark House as Counter-Narrative to Little House on the Prairie’, Via Panoramica, 14, 1, 2025
    • Russian settler colonialism today: Rusana Novikova, ‘”The land needs a master”: agrarian ideals and settler realities in the Russian Far East’, The Journal of Peasant Studies, 2026
    • Political settler colonial theory: David Myer Temin, Morgan Mowatt, Max Ajl, Phil Henderson, ‘Settler colonialism and political theory’, Contemporary Political Theory, 25, 2026, #38
    • In press: Audrey R. Giles, Britta Peterson, Meredith Wing, Emilia Fera, Dan Henhawk, Daniel Brisebois, ‘A critical discourse analysis of the representation of Indigenous Peoples in Leisure/Loisir’s first 49 volumes’, Leisure/Loisir, 2026
    • If it’s terra nullius … : Rakesh Kumar, ‘Digital terra nullius? Artificial intelligence experimentation and sovereignty in Australia’, Dialogues on Digital Society, 2026
    • Fiery resistance: Perry Mendoza, ‘Fires that Light the Way: On Witnessing Occupied Palestine—and Beyond’, Journal of American Folklore, 139, 552, 2026, pp. 197–203
    • Prisoners of the sim colony: Allie Thek, ‘Pay for Your Lack of Vision: The Naturalization of Imperialist Epistemology in Science Fiction Colony Sims’, Utopian Studies, 37, 1, 2026, pp. 106-125
    • Decolonisation from deep down: Sara Chitsaz, Taylor Behn-Tsakoza, John R. Parkins, ‘Indigenous-Led Energy Transition: Exploring the Tu Deh-Kah Geothermal Project as a Path to Reconciliation’, in Bram Noble, Greg Poelzer, Gwen Holdmann, Saurabh Biswas, Diane Hirshberg (eds), Routledge Handbook of Arctic Energy Transition, Routledge, 2026
    • Settlers out there: Scott Solomon, ‘Will Settling Space Lead to the Evolution of a New Human Species?’ in Chris Carberry, Rick Zucker (eds), A Future Spacefaring Society: Establishing Human Life Beyond Earth, Springer, 2026, pp. 321–331
    • Indigenous peoples here: Sangaralingam Ramesh, The Political Economy of the Indigenous Peoples of the World: Land, Sovereignty, and the Foundations of Indigenous Economies, Palgrave, 2026
    • Settler killing more Country: Jacob Tropp, ‘Globalizing Diné (Navajo) Stories of Radioactive Injustice: Transnational and Settler Colonial Politics of Uranium Mining in the Late 1970s and Early 1980s’, Regeneration: Environment, Art, Culture, 2, 3, 2026
    • Settler killing Country: Juan De Lara, ‘Who killed the Salton Sea? Settler infrastructures and ecological violence in the Southern Californian Desert’, EPD: Society and Space, 2026
    • Analogous history and settler identifications (it’s not just the lobby): Samir Abed-Rabbo, ‘The Colonial Foundations Linking the US and Israel: Settler Colonial Projects from 1492 to Gaza’, Arab Studies Quarterly, 2026
    • Settler moves to worthiness: Yukiko Tanaka, ‘Racialized settler moves to worthiness’, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2026
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