Abstract: This dissertation examines the genealogy, racialization, and political consequences of responsibilization—how people are rendered responsible—as a moral technology of governance. It argues that the ideal of self-making—the notion that individuals are wholly responsible for their successes or failures—functions as a racialized and racializing myth sustaining liberal freedom, settler colonialism, and racial capitalism in America. […]

Abstract: In Taiwan, arguably a settler colonial state, “colonial heritage” is a loaded concept that requires unpacking. While the Han-oriented mainstream society generally assumes “colonial heritage” to be culture heritage associated with the Japanese colonial period or earlier, the Dutch period in the 17th century, the Indigenous People of Taiwan has experienced multiple colonializations that […]

Abstract: There is an emerging narrative of Australian frontier massacre places as sites where truth-telling about past injustices might foster reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Yet this narrative obscures a more complex story of the ongoing violence of settler-colonialism. This article focuses on the Minnamurra River massacre place in New South Wales, where ongoing […]

Abstract: This paper explores the potential offered by deploying a settler colonial critique in Algeria. Issues around sovereignty constitute its central topic, as I consider the following questions: What did sovereignty mean for Algerian Arab and Kabyle communities subsequent to independence? How has colonial urban design historically shaped – and continued to shape – power […]

Abstract: Indigenous students pursuing doctoral education often navigate environments shaped by the historical and on-going settler colonial structure of the United States. This study aimed to examine the lived experiences of Indigenous doctoral students with microaggressions at NonNative Colleges and Universities (NNCUs), with attention to how these incidents are shaped by underlying settler colonial dynamics. […]

Abstract: Indigenous communities internationally have demonstrated remarkable strength despite significant challenges. Health disparities among Indigenous peoples persist due to historical injustices and ongoing racial discrimination, not inherent vulnerabilities. Disparities are rooted in a legacy of colonisation, systemic exclusion, and socio-economic inequities impacting access to healthcare, education, and employment. Preliminary searches show limited literature on models […]

Abstract: The aim of this study is to explore the complex interaction between land and indigenous identity in the literatures of Native Americans and Palestinians and to provide insights into the experiences of the two peoples in their struggle against colonial oppression. Within a post/decolonial framework and adopting an interdisciplinary approach that combines the paradigms […]

Description: In Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence, and Resisting Settler Colonialism, Margret McCue-Enser examines how Minnesota Indigenous activists use public memory sites to interrupt and challenge the dominant narrative of place. She explores how Indigenous activism reveals and disrupts material, discursive, and performative rhetorics of settler colonialism. This work cultivates the ground between rhetorical […]

Description: In 1963—a year of agitation for civil rights worldwide—the Yolŋu of northeast Arnhem Land created the Yirrkala Bark Petitions: Naku Dharuk. ‘The land grew a tongue’ and the land-rights movement was born. Naku Dharuk is the story of a founding document in Australian democracy and the trailblazers who made it. It is also a pulsating picture of the ancient […]

Excerpt: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), established by the Canadian federal government in 2007, was tasked with investigating Indigenous peoples’ experiences with the Indian residential school system. Residential schools, run by the state and churches, removed Indigenous children from their homes and communities with the aim of assimilating Indigenous peoples into Canadian society. The […]