11 February 2021, 5pm CET / 4pm GMT
Past postcolonialism: Indigenous methodologies as Trans-Indigenous Studies
By Harald Gaski
Online lecture: to sign up and get access email voicingarctic@gmail.com
Past postcolonialism: Indigenous methodologies as Trans-Indigenous Studies.
Over the last few decades Indigenous methodologies have developed into becoming a new and invigorating approach to research on Indigenous topics over a wide range of disciplines. The methodology is built upon Indigenous peoples’ own worldviews and epistemologies, and it takes into account the wisdom passed down through generations in stories and traditional knowledge. One of the matters to further develop is a comparative and trans-Indigenous perspective on the whole field of study, thus representing a new and refreshing global view into research which, so far, has been neglected and overlooked.
Photo: Bjørn Hatteng, UiT.
Harald Gaski is a professor in Sámi culture and literature at Sámi allaskuvla / Sámi University of Applied Sciences and guest professor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Gaski has published extensively on Sámi culture, literature, art and Indigenous methodolgies. His latest edited book, Myths, Tales and Poetry (2020), gathers oral and written Sámi texts from the last four centuries.
The lecture is hosted by Arctic Voices/UiT The Arctic University of Norway and the Craig Dobbin Visiting Professor, UCD Centre for Canadian Studies.