CHID 480 A: Special Topics: Advanced Study of the History of Ideas

"INDIGENOUS STORYTELLING AND WORLD- MAKING IN THE GLOBAL PACIFIC" TAUGHT BY: ALIKA BOURGETTE THIS COURSE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE VIBRANT INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN STORY AND PLACE TOLD ACROSS THE OCEANIC WORLD. BLENDING ORAL HISTORIES WITH WRITTEN DISCOURSE OF THE PEOPLES INDIGENOUS TO OUR "SEA OF ISLANDS" WE KNOW TODAY AS THE PACIFIC, THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER LENS INTO TRANSNATIONAL APPROACHES POPULAR IN WORLD HISTORIES. MORE THAN ANTIQUATED STORIES CONFINED TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORD, INDIGENOUS STORYTELLING PROVIDES LIVING COMMUNITIES TODAY WITH AVENUES TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH ANCESTORS TO CO- CREATE FUTURES BEYOND EMPIRES AND EXPLOITATION OF LIFE BEYOND HUMANS.