CHID 250 A: Special Topics: Introduction to the History of Ideas

"METHODS TO DECOLONIZE INQUIRY: INDIGENOUS STUDIES THEORY WORKSHOP" CO-TAUGHT: SEBASTIAN LOPEZ VERGARA AND LYDIA HEBERLING STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE WITH LINDA TUHIWAI SMITH'S INTERVENTION TO DECOLONIZE KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH METHODS. THE CLASS WILL EXPOSE APPROACHES TO KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION IN INDIGENOUS STUDIES THAT EMPHASIZE RELATIONS WITH LAND, PEOPLES, HUMAN AND OTHER- THAN-HUMAN BEINGS, AMONG DIFFERENT MODES AND SITES OF INQUIRY AND ACTION. DESIGNED AS A "THEORY WORKSHOP", STUDENTS WILL BE WRITING AND WORKING IN GROUPS & ENGAGING WITH SCHOLARLY AND ACTIVIST WORKS. STUDENTS WILL CAREFULLY CONSIDER HOW KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION IS RELATED TO SOCIAL PROCESSES OUTSIDE OF THE UNIVERSITY.