Description: An unprecedented analysis of the origin story of New Mexico’s modern water management system. Maria Lane’s Fluid Geographies traces New Mexico’s transition from a community-based to an expert-led system of water management during the pre-statehood era. To understand this major shift, Lane carefully examines the primary conflict of the time, which pitted Indigenous and Nuevomexicano communities, with their […]

Abstract: In this dissertation I unearth the historic and present forces which inhibit Canada’s ability to remove barriers for Indigenous reclamation and resurgence as it pertains to education. My research focuses on The Manitoba Teacher, the principal publication of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society, noting that it has historically excluded the voices of Indigenous learners, educators, […]

Abstract: Around the world, Indigenous people are preparing for futures of climate uncertainty and resource shortages. Indigenous communities are looking to the past and seeking guidance from their traditions – diverse systems of knowledge that change over time – so that they and future generations might nurture connections to the “deep time” of geological and […]

Abstract: Through an interdisciplinary methodological approach combining schema theory, memory studies, and material culture analysis, this study outlines the retention of mentalities from Tidewater, Virginia, to East Tennessee during the early settlement period. By utilizing the case study of John Carter of Watauga (1728-1781), the research illustrates how Virginian origins shaped settlers’ perceptions of privilege […]

Abstract: The Australian continent has over 6500 edible endemic plant species, fourteen of which have been certified for commercial consumption. This paper seeks to critically analyze select Australian Commonwealth Government policy relating to these Aboriginal plant foods. The aim is to purposefully examine the positioning of non-Indigenous people in Aboriginal plant foods policy discourse and […]

Excerpt: The discipline of psychology is inherently colonial. Currently, psychology largely reflects a Eurocentric perspective that mainly centres on the experiences and perspectives of white people. There is currently very little room for Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing in the field of psychology. There are currently less than twelve Indigenous practicing or teaching […]

Abstract: The paper explores the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in designing facilities for human habitation in non-terrestrial habitats, particularly on the Moon and Mars. The author propose the concept of “Anthroporobotocene” to highlight the significant role of robots in shaping these environments to make them suitable for human life. The paper analyzes the state-of-the-art […]

Abstract: The encounter between anthropology and history has great potential to illuminate marginalized social actors and the diverse power relations that were in play in the past, especially in the lives of urban Indigenous people. This article traces the trajectory of the growing interchange between anthropology and history and their different methodologies to document Indigenous […]

Abstract: There is very little research on German colonial geography in general, and the boom in this subdiscipline during the National Socialist period has not received any scholarly attention so far. Against that backdrop, this paper aims to contribute: a) to a finer-grained picture of colonial, racial-Völkish thinking – and its application – in German geography during […]

Abstract: This article focuses on the ancestral human remains of Indigenous peoples that were taken by European invaders during the colonial era. It begins by considering the notion of human remains. It then describes the two types of heritage that result from the removal of human remains: the tangible heritage made of the remains exhibited […]