Critical Social Inquiry 0231 - Critical Indigenous Studies

This course offers a survey of Critical Indigenous studies- transnational and transdisciplinary theorizing from a new and emerging generation of Indigenous scholars. As a field, Critical Indigenous studies makes crucial interventions in our collective understanding of colonialism, empire, race, gender, sexuality, identity, democracy, personhood, migration, environmental justice, human rights, and multiculturalism. Centering 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:Gender, race, indigeneity, critical theory

In/Justice Students should expect to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time