Talking About Indigenous Studies: Perspectives from Africa and the Americas

Native American and Indigenous Studies is a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary field with arguably two elements at its core: the use of place-based methodologies and a commitment to decolonizing scholarship that serves Indigenous communities. What do these elements mean in different world regions and academic disciplines? Do scholars and communities in Africa, Latin America, and North America understand “place” in the same way? How are Indigenous research paradigms applied across these different contexts? In what ways do local knowledge systems and experiences challenge and complement traditional modes of academic analysis and communication? These are some of the questions that we will consider together at "Talking About Indigenous Studies: Perspectives from Africa and the Americas," an online conference on January 20, 2023, from 10 am - 3 pm (EST) organized by PhD students in the Indigenous Studies Interdisciplinary Fellowship at UVA.

Keynote addresses will be delivered by Stephen Folárànmi (Rhodes University, South Africa), Ruth Shady Solís (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Perú), and Iyaxel Cojti Ren (University of Texas-Austin, USA), with ample time for discussion with the audience and conference organizers, Christian Cancho Ruiz, Ganiyu Jimoh (Jimga), and Randall Puckett. Simultaneous interpretation (English/Spanish) will be available for professor Shady Solis's paper.

Please click here to register: https://virginia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sfu-tqjMrGdWfHiRnJilplNtU5L.... We look forward to learning with you!

Academic Year: 
2023
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Talking About Indigenous Studies: Perspectives from Africa and the Americas
Event Date: 
Friday, January 20, 2023 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM