Diversity V. Decolonization in the Academy, a Converstion with Kim TallBear
Join the Department of English for the third event of the speaker series How to Do Anti-Racist and Decolonial Work in the Academy and Beyond.
"Diversity V. Decolonization in the Academy, a Converstion with Kim TallBear"
In Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang鈥檚 seminal 2012 article, 鈥淒ecolonization is not a metaphor,鈥� they define decolonization as bringing about 鈥渢he repatriation of Indigenous land and life.鈥� With this concrete transfer of (re)sources in mind, Dr. TallBear will address the differences between 鈥渄iversity and inclusion鈥� vs. decolonization. Also drawing on Adam Gaudry鈥檚 and Danielle Lorenz鈥檚 2018 article 鈥淚ndigenization as inclusion, reconciliation, and decolonization,鈥� TallBear argues for a more critical approach than the settler state鈥檚 multicultural model of inclusion鈥攐ne that seeks to aid repatriatiation of 鈥渓and and life.鈥� Dr. TallBear will provide concrete examples of what repatriation looks like in the context of academic decolonization.
Kim TallBear is Associate Professor, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta, and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Environment. She is also a Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellow. Dr. TallBear is the author of Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science. Building on her research on the role of technoscience in settler colonialism, Dr. TallBear also studies the colonization of Indigenous sexuality. She is a regular commentator in US, Canadian, and UK media outlets on issues related to Indigenous peoples, science, and technology as well as Indigenous sexualities. She is a regular panelist on the weekly podcast, Media Indigena. She is a citizen of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate in South Dakota.