Abstract: The situation of Indigenous peoples in Brazil is marked by persistent historical and structural inequalities that hinder the full realization of their fundamental rights—particularly those related to land, cultural integrity, and self-determination. Although constitutional provisions and international agreements, such as International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 169, formally safeguard these rights, their implementation is […]

Description: The histories of Europe and Africa are closely intertwined. At times, this closeness has been emphasized, at other times, suppressed and denied. Since the nineteenth century, European imperial powers have carved up the continent of Africa among themselves, drawing borders and charting shorelines; in the process, inventing Africa. This was a project anchored in […]

Abstract: This paper interrogates the contemporary transformation of the Kashmir conflict through the theoretical lenses of settler colonialism, Gramscian hegemony, and David Harvey’s concept of accumulation by dispossession. In the aftermath of the revocation of Article 370, the Bhartiya Janata Party-led Indian government has intensified its Hindutva-oriented policies in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir, employing […]

Abstract: Cities are important sites to address climate change; however, it is crucial that urban climate action does not reinforce systems of oppression that created the climate crisis in the first place. This article explores the tensions that exist when a settler-colonial city aims to define what it means to be climate friendly. We examine […]

Excerpt: The article examines the complex relationship between Asian American media and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), arguing that Asian American media functions as a settler colonial media movement that reinforces the legitimacy of the U.S. state while seeking equality and redress for Asian Americans. It highlights how PBS’s commitment to a nationalist version of […]

Abstract: In this article, I consider the narrative practice of Indigenous Métissage as a creative, subversive praxis to help understand my identity as a settler in Canada and how settler colonialism has shaped my relationship to Indigenous peoples, history, and Land in Canada. Given the hermeneutic roots of Indigenous Métissage, I suggest it is a […]

Excerpt: The Alsatian dialect was transported to Texas in the early 1800s, when entrepreneur Henri Castro recruited colonists from the French Alsace to comply with the Republic of Texas’ stipulations for populating one of his land grants located just west of San Antonio. Castro’s colonization efforts succeeded in bringing 2,134 German-speaking colonists from 1843-47 (Jordan […]

Excerpt: The U.S. state of Wisconsin is well-known for its rich German (broadly speaking) heritage and culture, yet the number of competent German speakers has drastically decreased over the past century. Here, I discuss the present state of the German language in Wisconsin, with a particular focus on the moribund Pomeranian Low German dialect spoken […]

Description: This book privileges Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing in research and serves as a voice in taking on some of the more marginal topics within methodologies. It is significant in that it is written by indigenous scholars themselves. The contributors shed light, for example, on Queer BlaQ bodies and place Indigenous women […]

Description: A fresh narrative history of the rise of Rome’s empire in Italy, that exposes the monumental expansion of the Roman familial, social, political, and militaristic way of living across Italy. Before the Romans could become masters of the Mediterranean, they had to first conquer the people of their own peninsula. This book explores the […]