Abstract: This article discusses findings from a dissertation research project in the Palestinian village of Ni’lin in relation to the synthesis of an actor-oriented methodological approach with Indigenous theory. Through this synthesis, the article proposes a theoretical and methodological approach for studying settler colonialism and social transformations in Palestinian contexts. It also adapts the methodology, […]

Abstract: This article looks at the implications of medical colonialism in Canada for the feminist concept of care. Because medical colonialism is an ongoing material relation where “good” settler care cannot be separated from Indigenous dispossession, I defend the view that care and violence can be coextensive and suggest that a decolonial care ethic needs […]

Abstract: Popular definitions of Indigenous identity as continuous attachment to ancestral territory make migrancy appear a vexed condition for Indigenous peoples. Recent scholarship, conversely, sees mobility as a constitutive feature of Indigenous modernities. This chapter examines performance in the Indigenous diasporas that have taken root in cities throughout North America. What dramaturgies serve those distanced […]

Excerpt: Digital worlds are manifestations of power relations and can potentially challenge existing hegemonic regimes, such as those that produce settler colonialism and racial hierarchies.

Abstract: Confederados are descendants of U.S. southerners who emigrated to southern Brazil and the Amazon region after the Civil War, where slavery was still legal. The Brazilian government covered their transportation costs and provided subsides and land grants in exchange for developing “empty” land. Much of the material written about Confederados is by descendants where […]

Description: Colonialism: A Global History interprets colonialism as an unequal relationship characterized by displacement and domination and reveals the ways in which this relationship has been constitutive of global modernity. The volume focuses on colonialism’s dynamism, adaptability, and resilience. It appraises a number of successive global colonial ‘waves’, each constituting a specific form of colonial […]

Abstract: In 1942, my great uncle, Haruo Komori, was removed from the West Coast along with more than 21,000 other Japanese Canadians. Throughout his incarceration, Haruo corresponded with agents at the Office of the Custodian of Enemy Property about the forced sale of his belongings. Of particular concern was the future of a fishing boat, […]

Description: In Immeasurable Weather Sara J. Grossman explores how environmental data collection has been central to the larger project of settler colonialism in the United States. She draws on an extensive archive of historical and meteorological data spanning two centuries to show how American scientific institutions used information about the weather to establish and reinforce the foundations […]

Description: Providing an international reference work written solely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors, this book offers a powerful overview of emergent and topical research in the field of global Indigenous studies. It addresses current concerns of Australian Indigenous peoples of today, and explores opportunities to develop, and support the development of, Indigenous resilience […]

Abstract: A widespread revolt during the months of April and May 2021 in the Palestinian city of Jerusalem, also known as Habbet Ayyar, responded to Israeli actions aiming to ethnically cleanse and force out residents from the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, where approximately 3000 people reside, and to limit the movement and entry […]