Decolonial, Global Social Inq 2102 - Indigenous Feminism

This course offers a survey of Indigenous feminisms- transnational and transdisciplinary theorizing from a new and emerging generation of femme, queer, trans, and Two-Spirit, Indigenous scholars. Indigenous feminisms make crucial interventions in our collective understanding of colonialism, empire, race, gender, sexuality, identity, democracy, personhood, migration, environmental justice, human rights, and multiculturalism. Centering Indigenous feminisms and the fact that Indigenous knowledge is vibrant, dynamic, and pertinent to issues of universal concern, this course aims to develop a broad and deep appreciation for Indigenous modes of analysis and contestation that allow us to transgress and transcend colonial traumas, borders, states, and fictions. Keywords: Feminism, Indigenous