Abstract: The idea of connecting with a homeland is often the first example given when exploring relationships between Indigenous and Jewish people and communities in so-called Australia. However, the concept of a ‘homeland’ is undertheorised, and while it is a popular example and there are superficial comparisons, the concept nevertheless deserves more attention. This chapter […]

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Excerpt:  I write as a Mashpee Wampanoag. It is who I am and inevitably shapes my views. The Wampanoag have the distinction of being among the “first contact” Tribes in the Americas, and as such we have a four-centuries-old tradition of interacting with the forces of colonization. This means we have four centuries of grievances, […]

Abstract: This discursive article aims to examine how systemic factors of settler colonialism influence health outcomes among Indigenous peoples in the United States through pathways and processes that may lead to the embodiment of historical trauma. Design: Discursive paper. Methods: We completed a comprehensive search of empirical and grey literature between September 2022 and January […]

Abstract: This article discusses findings from a dissertation research project in the Palestinian village of Ni’lin in relation to the synthesis of an actor-oriented methodological approach with Indigenous theory. Through this synthesis, the article proposes a theoretical and methodological approach for studying settler colonialism and social transformations in Palestinian contexts. It also adapts the methodology, […]

Abstract: This article looks at the implications of medical colonialism in Canada for the feminist concept of care. Because medical colonialism is an ongoing material relation where “good” settler care cannot be separated from Indigenous dispossession, I defend the view that care and violence can be coextensive and suggest that a decolonial care ethic needs […]

Abstract: Popular definitions of Indigenous identity as continuous attachment to ancestral territory make migrancy appear a vexed condition for Indigenous peoples. Recent scholarship, conversely, sees mobility as a constitutive feature of Indigenous modernities. This chapter examines performance in the Indigenous diasporas that have taken root in cities throughout North America. What dramaturgies serve those distanced […]

Excerpt: Digital worlds are manifestations of power relations and can potentially challenge existing hegemonic regimes, such as those that produce settler colonialism and racial hierarchies.

Abstract: Confederados are descendants of U.S. southerners who emigrated to southern Brazil and the Amazon region after the Civil War, where slavery was still legal. The Brazilian government covered their transportation costs and provided subsides and land grants in exchange for developing “empty” land. Much of the material written about Confederados is by descendants where […]

Description: Colonialism: A Global History interprets colonialism as an unequal relationship characterized by displacement and domination and reveals the ways in which this relationship has been constitutive of global modernity. The volume focuses on colonialism’s dynamism, adaptability, and resilience. It appraises a number of successive global colonial ‘waves’, each constituting a specific form of colonial […]