scholarly journals Dis/place/ment: The Life and In/animacy of Rocks and Stories

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-105
Author(s):  
Ashley Campbell-Ghazinour
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Colonial Histories ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Place Ment ◽  
Life Movement

In this illustrated article, I begin with a question: Do rocks talk? The life, movement and migration of stories – and rocks, as the oldest living beings, have witnessed these histories and transformations (Donald, 2009; Tinker, 2004). This article explores the changing landscapes and stories of our lives, and the places where we live and dwell. It unravels discourses seeped in colonial histories, while recognizing our responsibilities as newcomers and settlers to these places and Indigenous peoples. This métissage of stories speaks to the meaning of places within our lives – and what we can learn from these places, when and if, we are willing to listen. And rocks, as the oldest living beings, always remember.

Reviewing Sepa Language Extinction of the Indigenous Peoples of Amahai, Moluccas, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 778-789
Author(s):  
Muhammad Maggalatung ◽  
M. Ridwan ◽  
Syarifudin Syarifudin ◽  
Darma Darma ◽  
Sulaeman Sulaeman
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Regional Language ◽  
And Migration ◽  
National Languages ◽  
Regional Languages ◽  
Local Languages

Threat language can be found in various local languages in Indonesia, including the Sepa language of the Indigenous peoples of Amahai, Moluccas, where the nationalization of Indonesian is a threat to its extinction. This paper aims to look at the extinction of regional languages from the framework of modernization and contestation of regional languages with national languages. This study is conducted qualitatively, data collection based on interviews, literature study, and observation obtained from Raja Sepa, community leaders, customary stakeholders. Research shows that the language in Maluku is almost extinct in line with the narrowing of regional language spaces; the language has been abandoned by its speakers because of the process of modernization and migration. This study shows the need for revitalization of the Sepa language through facilitating the mapping of the Sepa language comprehensively, making the Sepa language dictionary, and integrating the Sepa language into the local curriculum.

Higher Education as Institution of Decolonization

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Kevin Lujan Lee ◽  
Ngoc T. Phan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Community Partnerships ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Indigenous Sovereignty ◽  
Colonial Histories ◽  
Classroom Level

Higher education should be an institution of decolonization––one centered on the repatriation of land and ocean to Indigenous peoples. Quantitative methods are used to perpetuate the historical and ongoing processes of Indigenous dispossession. However, quantitative methods courses often fail to reckon with these colonial histories and are taught in ways that are inaccessible for Indigenous students. Drawing from the first author's experiences as a professor of political science in Hawai‘i, this chapter proposes three classroom-level interventions that educators can pursue to make quantitative methods relatable and empowering for Indigenous students: (1) designing lectures to center the experiences of Indigenous students, (2) designing assignments that invite Indigenous students to interrogate the settler-colonial and neocolonial structures perpetuating Indigenous dispossession, and (3) maintaining university-community partnerships that provide Indigenous students with opportunities to use quantitative methods to support Indigenous sovereignty movements.

Indigenising in a Globalised World

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 300-310
Author(s):  
Graham Harvey
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Trade Routes ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Indigenous Nations ◽  
Mutualistic Interaction ◽  
Cultural Festivals ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Near Synonyms

Being Indigenous seems, by definition, to be about belonging to a place. Sometimes it is even defined as belonging in specific places. Near synonyms like “native” and “aboriginal” can be used to locate people in relation to ancestral, pre-invasion / pre-colonial places. However, Indigenous peoples are no more enclosed by geography than other-than-indigenous peoples. Complex and extensive trade routes and migration patterns are important features of the pasts of many Indigenous nations. Tangible and intangible goods were gifted or exchanged to ferment and cement inter-national relations. In the present era, Indigenous peoples have a significant presence in global forums such as the United Nations (UN), in environmental discussions, in cultural festivals and in diasporic communities. This text uses Indigenous performances at the annual (Sámi organised) Riddu Riddu festival in arctic Norway and the biennial Origins Festival of First Nations hosted in London, U.K., to exemplify explicit and taken-for-granted knowledge of place-as-community. The entailment of animistic insistence, that places are multi-species communities requiring respectful and mutualistic interaction, points to the transformative potential of Indigenous spatiality.

scholarly journals DUA TANI: (Re)evolving Identities of Pacific Islanders

Te Kaharoa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dion Enari ◽  
Elijah Lemusuifeauaali'i
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Pacific Islanders ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Life Narratives ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
And Migration

Colonization, modernity and migration have impacted indigenous peoples globally. Of particular interest, is how identity formation of indigenous peoples are affected through these events. This article explores the life narratives of 20 Pacific Islanders in Brisbane, Australia, and their perceptions of identity. Through talanoa (culturally appropriate conversation) a deeper understanding of how Pacific Island people navigate, use, build and (re)shape their identities was established. The findings showed that although all the participants acknowledged the effects of colonialism, migration and western social expectations, their Pacific culturalism was central to their identity formation. Furthermore, participants expressed that without an understanding of who they were as Pacific Islanders, they would inevitably internalize negative perceptions. Interestingly, all the participants in the study also spoke of the complex intersections and hybrid notions of identity they embodied, as opposed to a traditional single representation of self. This study provides a snapshot of an ever (re)evolving Pacific story, still being written.

scholarly journals Climate Change and Migration for Scandinavian Saami: A Review of Possible Impacts

Climate ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilan Kelman ◽  
Marius Næss
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Reindeer Herding ◽  
Governance Analysis ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Research And Policy ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Migration, especially of indigenous peoples, related to or influenced by climate change continues to gain increasing research and policy attention. Limited material remains for this topic for Scandinavia’s indigenous people, the Saami. This paper contributes to filling this gap by providing a review for the Scandinavian Saami of the possible impacts of climate change on migration. Environmental influences, social influences, and a synthesis through livelihoods impacts, including for reindeer herding, is provided, followed by a discussion of Saami responses to climate change and migration mainly through a governance analysis. Overall, climate change’s impacts on the Saami do not necessarily entail abandoning their traditions, livelihoods, or homes. Instead, the most significant impact is likely to be migrants moving into the Arctic to pursue resource opportunities. Working collaboratively with the Saami, policies and practices are needed to ensure that indigenous interests are respected and that indigenous needs are met.

scholarly journals Sacred components of hunting and fishing technologies of the indigenous peoples of the Amur-Sakhalin Region

2021 ◽  
pp. 110-119
Author(s):  
S.V. Bereznitsky
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Rational Knowledge ◽  
Hunting And Fishing ◽  
The Russian Far East

The article, by means of the comparative-historical method, critical analysis of scholarly concepts, and use of ethnographic materials, deals with the study of the complex of beliefs and rituals of indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East (Nanais, Negidals, Nivkhs, Orochs, Udeges, Uilta, Ulchs, and Evenks) as a sacred component of their traditional and modern hunting and fishing technologies. The term ‘technology’ originates from the Ancient Greek philosophy by the development of the doctrine of ‘techne’ as an art by which things are made. Technology is based on notion and supersedes the role of the chance in human life and activities, which expedites the proc-ess of adaptation to the nature. The ritual preceding production of a tool or a vehicle is performed to improve qual-ity of the item to ensure its more productive use in hunting and fishing. In the culture of indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East, there are known examples of invocation of magic, cults, beliefs, and rituals to secure hunter’s luck in fabrication of hunter carriers, tools for hunting marine and terrestrial animals, and traps. Beliefs and rituals serve as the sacred components of the hunting and fishing technologies, which have the utmost importance for sustainable life of the indigenous population. The main conclusion is that, in spite of some differences in the economy, degree of settlement and mobility, and the level of influence of nonethnic cultures, undoubtedly, the results of hunting, fishing, off-shore seal catching, deer breeding, and foraging depend on personal experience, rational knowledge of the qualities of plants, weather signs, and migration times and habits of animals, and on the quality of the trade equipment, transport, clothes and footwear. However, these aspects are not sufficient and the hunters resort to the sacral components of the hunting and fishing technologies — transport means are ‘enli-vened’, by magic means they are imparted with the qualities of living beings — people or animals. With the help of amulets, the hunters strengthen their trade qualities — agility, perception-reaction time, and intuition. Prohibitions are observed, which are aimed at decreasing dependence on chance and increasing hunting productivity. The rational technologies, aimed at the survivance of the ethnos, are complemented by the sacred components, so that people cling to the help of supernatural powers.

scholarly journals Los ch’oles y la tierra: redefinición intergeneracional en tiempos de crisis y migración campesina

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 281-318
Author(s):  
Adriana Corroy Moral
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Research Method ◽  
International Market ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Generational Groups ◽  
Urban Contexts ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Relationship

In this article we seek to describe and analyze the relationship between Ch’ol families and land, focusing on two distinct generational groups, parents and children. Our research method is qualitative, centered on the narratives of our participant subjects and literature review. The results obtained reveal that within a context of crisis and migration from the countryside, intra-familial changes are occurring and resignifying the relationship between Ch'ol people and land. For parents who remain in their home communities the land continues to be vital to their survival, while for young adult children who have integrated into urban contexts or are temporary agricultural migrants for the international market, the land becomes associated with evocation, memory, rest or leisure. Undoubtedly, this suggests a break in the working relationship with the land for each of these generations. This paper will contribute to discuss intersecting issues such as indigenous peoples, land tenure and migration.

scholarly journals Contesting Settler Colonial Accounts: Temporality, Migration and Place-Making in Scarborough, Ontario

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-351
Author(s):  
Paloma E. Villegas ◽  
Patricia Landolt ◽  
Victoria Freeman ◽  
Joe Hermer ◽  
Ranu Basu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Inclusion ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Place Making ◽  
Methodological Nationalism ◽  
Colonial Theory ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

The paper considers how the logic of settler colonialism, the active and ongoing dispossession of Indigenous peoples, shapes scholarship on migration, race and citizenship in Canada. It draws on the insights of settler colonial theory and critiques of methodological nationalism to do so. The concept of differential inclusion and assemblages methodology are proposed as a way to understand the relationship between Indigeneity and migration in a settler colonial context. The paper develops this conceptual proposal through an analysis of a single place over time: Scarborough, Ontario. Authors present portraits of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada to understand how migration and Indigenous sovereignty are narrated and regulated in convergent and divergent ways. Together, the portraits examine historical stories, media discourses, photography and map archives, fieldwork and interviews connected to Scarborough. They reveal how the differential inclusion of migrant, racialized and Indigenous peoples operates through processes of invisibilization and hypervisibilization, fixity and erasure, and memorialization. They also illustrate moments of disruption that work to unsettle settler colonial dispossession.

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