Excerpt: Settler colonialism is best conceptualized as a structure rather than a singular historical event, underscoring its permanent, ongoing and systemic nature (Wolfe 1994, 96; Wolfe 1999, 2). Unlike other colonial formations, settler colonialism’s primary goal of elimination is not race but the expropriation of land. This process is perpetuated through various mechanisms, seeking to “destroy […]

Excerpt: In late November of 2024, just as this special issue was being edited, the then-President of the United States, Joe Biden, created a stir when he was spotted leaving a bookstore on Nantucket clutching a copy of the Palestinian-American historian Rashid Khalidi’s 2017 monograph, The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine. The subtitle of Khalidi’s book, A History […]

Abstract: This research addresses the demographic transformations in Algeria during theFrench colonial period (1830-1962) and the impact of settlement policies and forcedmigration on the social and cultural fabric of the country. The study relies on historicaland social analysis of various references and demographic and statistical data, as well astestimonies and historical memories. The research highlights […]

Abstract: This essay explores Donald Trump’s proposal to “own Gaza” and develop it into a  “riviera”  that would draw  “people from all over the world.”  The author argues that it aligns with Trump’s broader expansionist ideology and reflects a continuation of the US’s imperial legacy. Through a comparison between the destruction of Gaza and that […]

Abstract: This dissertation examines the colonial history of anthropology. Specifically, I examine the history of an anthropological theory known as linguistic relativity. The theory posited that the unconscious structure of language was linked to patterns of thought and culture, creating distinct worldviews among different language communities. With intellectual roots dating back to the Enlightenment, linguistic […]

Abstract: Indigenous post-apocalyptic fiction projects an Indigenous presence into future spaces, attesting to the endurance and survivance of Indigenous peoples and thereby challenging settler myths of erasure. The Indigenous post-apocalypse foregrounds continuity by focusing on how the violences of the future mirror the violences inflicted by settler colonialism in the past and present. In Cherie […]

Abstract: This Article expands upon the seminal work by Cheryl Harris entitled Whiteness as Property by exploring the intersection of race and property through Indianness. Indianness has been constructed as a form of property conferring rights and privileges to its holders which this Article examines through the inertial relationship between race and legal status. Tracing […]

Abstract: This paper advances decolonization within medical education, contextualized by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). We discuss, describe, and analyze the history of settler colonialism and its relevance for healthcare and education today. We analyze how Indigeneity is interpreted in an international context based on the United Nations Permanent […]

Abstract: Since 2020, Irish people have donated over $2.5 million to a relief fund supporting residents of the Navajo and Hopi reservations in northeastern Arizona. Many donors believed their contributions helped `repay a debt’ owed by the Irish to Native Americans—specifically, the Choctaw Nation, which sent aid to Ireland during the 1847 Famine. This article […]

Description: In Afterlives of Discovery, heidi andrea restrepo rhodes traces global and national histories as they entangle through the concept and material life of Discovery across Colombia’s evolution into a liberal settler colonial state. Rather than seeing Discovery as a singular event or bygone era, rhodes theorizes Discovery as a globally encompassing, racialized formation of domination […]