Abstract: The notion that farming is an unusually stressful occupation has become a cultural truism, with calls to investigate ‘root causes’ of stress on the farm. This paper argues the racialized, colonialist foundations of United States fee simple property is a ‘root cause’ of farm stress in the US corn belt. I build on work […]

Description: In the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs, Anishinaabe leaders granted land to a college where their children could be educated. At the time, the colonial settlement of Anishinaabe homelands hardly extended beyond Detroit in what settlers called the “Michigan Territory.” Four days after the Treaty of Fort Meigs was signed, the First College of […]

Abstract: The last 30 years has seen a re-affirmation of the importance of canoeing for Indigenous communities throughout North America. These practices put an urgency to recent re-evaluations of the role of the canoe as a national symbol. Given these changes, those who guide canoe trips professionally are working through a unique landscape. This paper examines […]

Excerpt: The keen preservation of British colonial architecture as heritage sites signals the Singapore government’s gratitude to its white predecessors. The government’s conservation policy, which reflects its public biases in terms of its favoured historical narratives, and its partnerships with private development, have directly encouraged businesses like Riders Café and The White Rabbit to market […]

[I was preparing to write a rejoinder when I realise that this guy is not contesting the truth of settler colonialism. He thinks it should not be taught but has nothing against the fact that it is a specific mode of domination and that it is ongoing. This is when I rest my case; I […]

Abstract: Previous research has shown that Appalachian Studies as a field, by drawing upon Appalachian Studies scholars and activists such as Harry Caudill, Helen Lewis, and Chris Irwin, misapplied the colonialism model to whites in the region, which resulted in clear remnants of self-Indigenization in the field. I show through a rhetorical analysis of recent […]

Excerpt: While it is true that since 1967, Religious Zionists have been the primary promoters of annihilationist rhetoric, the involvement of Secular Israelis in October 2023 does not represent a novel phenomenon. Rather, it is deeply rooted in the eliminatory imagination of transfer – a concept preached and practiced by the founding fathers of Secular […]

Abstract: Geronimus’s weathering hypothesis, initially derived from studies of African American women and their newborns, posited that their physical health outcomes were worsened by accumulated stress produced by long-term experiences of pervasive intersectional oppression. African American women experienced sociopolitical and economic oppression produced by the synergistic interactions of structural anti-Black racism and patriarchy. The weathering […]

Abstract: Native American imagery and symbols—as logos, mascots, and nicknames—have been commonplace in American sports since the early-twentieth century. This review presents scholarship on this practice at the intersection between the sociology of sports, race/ethnicity, higher education, politics, and social movements, as well as other relevant social sciences. Scholarship has emphasized this imagery’s social origins, […]

Excerpt: A portrait of heavy metal music in North America is incomplete without considering its political and anticolonial appeal in Indigenous communities. Across Canada and the United States, there are active metal music scenes where Indigenous creators are voicing their resistance to settlercolonialism [sic].