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Creole as settlers: Aliyah Khan, ‘Indigeneity and the Indo-Caribbean in Cyril Dabydeen’s Dark Swirl’, Studies in Canadian Literature, 2019

02Aug19

Excerpt: Contemporary Afro- and Indo-Guyanese claims to sovereignty are based on [an] intimate historical labour relationship with the land, but that relationship is so recent in epochal time that the new Guyanese rulers must invoke continuity with the effaced indigenous “Amerindian” presence to establish legitimacy while simultaneously denying the indigenous inhabitants their land rights and very identities.

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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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    • Clearly, on Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu: Kim Alley, Dan Tout, ‘Backlash: Dark Emu, Settler Nationalism, and Indigenous Sovereignty’, in Dan Tout, Emma-Jaye Gavin, Julia Hurst (eds), Barriers to Truth and Justice in Settler-Colonial Australia: Why Won’t Settlers Listen? Springer, 2026, pp 129-153
    • Paralysed settler colonialism: Lorenzo Veracini, ‘Fear and Loathing in Settler Australia’, in Dan Tout, Emma-Jaye Gavin, Julia Hurst (eds), Barriers to Truth and Justice in Settler-Colonial Australia: Why Won’t Settlers Listen? Springer, 2026, pp. 155-167
    • Tone deaf settler colonialism: Dan Tout, Emma-Jaye Gavin, Julia Hurst (eds), Barriers to Truth and Justice in Settler-Colonial Australia: Why Won’t Settlers Listen? Springer, 2026
    • The settlers’ frozen prairies: Nicole Aminian, Grace O’Hanlon, ‘The History of the Living Prairie Museum: Conservation, Preservation, and Tall Grass Prairie’, Prairie History, 19, 2026, pp. 15-28
    • Ultimately, decolonial theory does not consider settler colonialism: Sindre Bangstad, ‘The Aporias of Decolonial Anti-imperialism’, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 2026
    • Settler vandalism: Feras Hammami, ‘Cultural Heritage Barrenness: The Case of Dispossession, Social Death, and Liberation in Palestine’, in I. Saloul, B. Baillie (eds), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict, Springer, 2026
    • The wind of unchange: Elle Eriksson, May-Britt Öhman, ‘Wind Power, the EU (Un)Green Deal, SDG7, and Environmentally Destructive Settler Colonialism in Indigenous Sámi Territories: Hällberget’, in Reetta Toivanen, Vladislava Vladimirova, Carl-Gösta Ojala (eds), Decolonizing the Sustainable Development Goals: Community Perspectives, Social Justice, and the Challenges of Pluralism, Springer, 2026, pp. 135-153
    • Dreaming of settlement: Jessica Vasquez-Tokos, Alejandra Pedraza, ‘Reimagining the American dream: redefining, decolonizing, and reclaiming a national ethos’, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2026
    • Nursing the wounds of settler colonial violence: Amélie Blanchet Garneau, Joannie Gill, Christine Cassivi, Shenda Collin, ‘Allyship with Indigenous Peoples as a Practice of Resistance in Nursing: Uniting Our Voices’, Aporia, 18, 1, 2026
    • Grief against settler colonialism: Melike İşleyen, ‘Unsettling settler colonial management of life and death through decolonial gestures’, Settler Colonial Studies, 2026
    • Settler colonialism in Kashmir: Waleed Rasool, ‘Settler Colonialism in Kashmir and the North East: India’s Inter- and Intra-State Strategies andImplications for SAARC’, Policy Perspectives, 23, 1, 2026
    • The Fair Play (settler) Republic: Christopher R. Pearl, Declarations of Independence: Indigenous Resilience, Colonial Rivalries, and the Cost of Revolution, University of Virginia Press, 2024
    • Settler colonialism in space will be expensive: Steven Griggs, ‘How to Pay for Settling Space’, Space Enabling Paper Series, 2025
    • Settler indifference: Emily Grafton, ‘The Reproduction of Settler Colonial Logics as Reinforcement of Settler Indifference in Canada’, International Journal of Conflict & Reconciliation, 6, 1, 2026, pp. 23-40
    • Post-settler agriculture? Peter Andrée, John Reid, ‘Transitioning to agricultural sustainability in the context of settler-colonialism: insights from the intersection of indigenous and Western knowledge systems’, Agriculture and Human Values, 2026
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