Join Dr Jared Holley for this special workshop exploring Indigenous and Anticolonial Political Thought.

This session will take place in the Practice Suite, room 1.12 - Floor 1 of Chrystal Macmillan Building.

The following readings have beenn provided by Dr Holley, if you cannot locate any readings, please email jholley@ed.ac.uk

Core Reading (~67 pp.)

· Sandy Grande and Robert Nichols, “Indigenous Political Thought” in The Encyclopedia of Political Thought, ed. by Michael T. Gibbons (2015), pp. 1-3.

· Glen Coulthard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, “Grounded Normativity / Place-Based Solidarity”, American Quarterly, pp. 249-255

· Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. As we have always done: indigenous freedom through radical resistance (especially): Chapter 1 - "Nishnaabeg Brilliance as Radical Resurgence Theory", pp 11-25; Chapter 3 – “The Attempted Disposession of Kwe”, pp. 39-55; Chapter 10 – “‘I see your light’: reciprocal recognition and generative refusal”, pp.175-189; Chapter 12 - "Constellations of Coresistence", pp. 211-231

Suggested Readings

(a) Political Theory

· Glen Coulthard. Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition, (especially): “Introduction”, pp. 1-24; Chapter 1 – “The Politics of Recognition in Colonial Contexts”, pp. 25-49; "Lessons From Idle No More", pp. 151-179

· Coulthard, “From Wards of the State to Subjects of Recognition?: Marx, Indigenous Peoples, and the Politics of Dispossession in Denendeh", in Theorizing Native Studies, ed. By Audra Simpson and Andrea Smith, pp. 56–98.

· Robert Nichols, "Contract and Usurpation: Enfranchisement and Racial Governance in Settler-Colonial Contexts" in Theorizing Native Studies, pp. 99-121.

· Aaron Mills, “Rooted Constitutionalism: Growing Political Community”, in Resurgence and Reconciliation: indigenous-settler relations and earth teachings, eds. Asch, Borrows, Tully, pp. 133-161.

(b) Historical Context(s)

· Taiaiake Alfred. It’s All About the Land: collected talks and interviews on Indigenous resurgence, especially: “From Red Power to Resurgence”, pp. 167-185.

· Coulthard, “Once were Maoists: Third World currents in Fourth World anti-colonialism, Vancouver, 1967–1975”, in Routledge Handbook of Critical Indigenous Studies, ed. by Hokowhitu, et. al., pp. 378 – 391

· Coulthard, “A Fourth World Resurgent”, in George Manuel & Michael Posluns, The Fourth World: an Indian reality (1974), pp. ix-xxxi.

· Keith Cherry, “‘The Kids don’t want reconciliation, they want Land Back’: thinking about decolonization and settler solidarity after the death of reconciliation”, Contemporary Political Theory (online first, March 2024).

· Jen Gobby and Lucy Everett, "Policing Indigenous Land Defense and Climate Activism: Learnings from the Frontlines of Pipeline Resistance in Canada", in Enforcing ecocide : power, policing & planetary militarization, eds. Dunlap/Brock, pp. 89-121.

· M. Simpson & Le Billon, “Reconciling violence: Policing the politics of recognition” in Geoforum 119 (2021): 111-121.

Please reserve a ticket to let us know that you can come.

Tea, coffee and lunch provided - please let us know about any dietary requirements you have when reserving your ticket.

Indigenous Political Thought Workshop