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« Prisoners of the sim colony: Allie Thek, ‘Pay for Your Lack of Vision: The Naturalization of Imperialist Epistemology in Science Fiction Colony Sims’, Utopian Studies, 37, 1, 2026, pp. 106-125
If it’s terra nullius … : Rakesh Kumar, ‘Digital terra nullius? Artificial intelligence experimentation and sovereignty in Australia’, Dialogues on Digital Society, 2026 »

Fiery resistance: Perry Mendoza, ‘Fires that Light the Way: On Witnessing Occupied Palestine—and Beyond’, Journal of American Folklore, 139, 552, 2026, pp. 197–203

17May26

Abstract: This paper investigates the situations unveiled symbolically by the wildfires in Jerusalem (Al-Quds). It considers the ongoing situation in Palestine as a complex of events that reveals various forms of settler colonialism, from their entanglements with archaeology, to their impositions on the flora and fauna of Gaza, taking the wildfires as a point of departure for a metaphorical contemplation on two possibilities: the possibility of hope and the possibility of political change that gives the fields both of Palestine and folkloristics a more optimistic future.

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    • Political settler colonial theory: David Myer Temin, Morgan Mowatt, Max Ajl, Phil Henderson, ‘Settler colonialism and political theory’, Contemporary Political Theory, 25, 2026, #38
    • In press: Audrey R. Giles, Britta Peterson, Meredith Wing, Emilia Fera, Dan Henhawk, Daniel Brisebois, ‘A critical discourse analysis of the representation of Indigenous Peoples in Leisure/Loisir’s first 49 volumes’, Leisure/Loisir, 2026
    • If it’s terra nullius … : Rakesh Kumar, ‘Digital terra nullius? Artificial intelligence experimentation and sovereignty in Australia’, Dialogues on Digital Society, 2026
    • Fiery resistance: Perry Mendoza, ‘Fires that Light the Way: On Witnessing Occupied Palestine—and Beyond’, Journal of American Folklore, 139, 552, 2026, pp. 197–203
    • Prisoners of the sim colony: Allie Thek, ‘Pay for Your Lack of Vision: The Naturalization of Imperialist Epistemology in Science Fiction Colony Sims’, Utopian Studies, 37, 1, 2026, pp. 106-125
    • Decolonisation from deep down: Sara Chitsaz, Taylor Behn-Tsakoza, John R. Parkins, ‘Indigenous-Led Energy Transition: Exploring the Tu Deh-Kah Geothermal Project as a Path to Reconciliation’, in Bram Noble, Greg Poelzer, Gwen Holdmann, Saurabh Biswas, Diane Hirshberg (eds), Routledge Handbook of Arctic Energy Transition, Routledge, 2026
    • Settlers out there: Scott Solomon, ‘Will Settling Space Lead to the Evolution of a New Human Species?’ in Chris Carberry, Rick Zucker (eds), A Future Spacefaring Society: Establishing Human Life Beyond Earth, Springer, 2026, pp. 321–331
    • Indigenous peoples here: Sangaralingam Ramesh, The Political Economy of the Indigenous Peoples of the World: Land, Sovereignty, and the Foundations of Indigenous Economies, Palgrave, 2026
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