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The Continued Importance of #Indigenous Geographies with Dr. Deondre Smiles | Dec 1, 2022 12:00 PM (Pacific)
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ZoomWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Continued Importance of Indigenous Geographies with Dr. Deondre Smiles. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Lecture Abstract:
Indigenous geographies has been defined as a distinct component of the broader discipline of Geography via several ways, foremost being its engagement with Indigenous peoples/communities, as well as its centering of Indigenous ontologies encompassing both human and environmental factors within the literature. As geography begins another disciplinary shift to tackle anthropogenic factors such as climate crisis and human-environment interactions within scholarship, I make the argument that Indigenous geographies will become even more indispensable to the field. Through an analysis of contemporary Indigenous geographic literature, as well as highlighting place-based activities both inside and outside the Western academy, I make the argument that Indigenous geographies will continue to be a strong and growing part of the field, can make valuable contributions to all areas of Geography, and is an indispensable part of furthering Indigenous resurgence
Lecturer Bio:
Deondre Smiles is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at UVic. He is of Ojibwe, Black, and Swedish descent, and is a proud citizen of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. Deondre’s research interests and work lies at the intersection of several fields, including critical Indigenous geographies, human-environment interactions, political ecology, Indigenous cultural resource management/preservation, and science & technology studies. Deondre serves as the principal investigator for the Geographic Indigenous Futures lab, one of Western Canada’s first Indigenous geographies focused labs.