Critical Social Inquiry 0232 - Indigenous Peoples and Places: How Lines Are Drawn

Indigenous Peoples and Places

Spring
2021
1
4.00
Robert Caldwell
06:00PM-07:20PM TU;06:00PM-07:20PM TH
Hampshire College
333575
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rbcCSI@hampshire.edu
What is indigenous space? What is a traditional cultural place? What constitutes "Indian Country" today? What is the relationship between land base and sovereignty? How has space been contested? How have Natives and settler-colonists conceived land and territory over time? This course is designed to introduce students to geographies of Native America including, culture areas, the mapping of languages and polities, the history of cartography and will encourage students to think critically about colonization/decolonization. (keywords: Contested Space; Indigenous; Sovereignty; Settler Colonialism/Decolonization)
In/Justice This course is fully remote. Students in this course can expect to spend 6 to 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.