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Topics In Anthropology (390-0-35)

Topic

Settler Colonialism

Instructors

Megan Alexandria Baker

Meeting Info

ANTHRO Sem Rm 104 - 1810 Hinmn: Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

No two settler colonial societies are the same despite the same overarching structure of Indigenous land dispossession for the establishment of a settler society. This course will examine settler colonialism as a process, attending to its specific geographic, historical, political, and social features. Through ethnography, we will consider how Indigenous peoples experience and respond to the imposition of a settler colonial society on their political structures and lifeways. We will also consider the variegation of settler colonial societies in locales across the globe and how they have evolved over time. Furthermore, we will examine the central role of anthropology in the project of settlement.

Class Materials (Required)

"Cattelino, Jessica R. 2008. High Stakes: Florida Seminole Gaming and Sovereignty. Durham: Duke University Press. 978-0-8223-4227-4

Simpson, Audra. 2014. Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States. Durham: Duke University Press. 978-0-8223-5655-4

Stamatopoulou-Robbins, Sophia. 2019. Waste Siege: The Life of Infrastructure in Palestine. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. 9781503610897"