This workshop is in the past and registrations are unavailable.
All times are Pacific Time Zone (Vancouver, BC, Canada).
Scholarly research has all too often had an extractive relationship with Indigenous Knowledges, wherein academics have seen it as their role to "document" and "preserve" Indigenous Knowledges. Scholarly writing about Indigenous Knowledges has therefore also tended to advance the interests and careers of researchers and universities, rather than benefiting the Peoples and Communities where the Knowledge is actually held. Today students and scholars know that these patterns and relationships need to change, but it can be very challenging to go up against habituated ways of doing things in the university. This one-day retreat is intended to:
- Open up a discussion about extractive research practices,
- Share principles and values that can support other ways of approaching scholarly work with Indigenous Peoples and Knowledges,
- Provide examples of scholars whose work disrupts the status quo in beautifully anti-colonial ways,
- Make space and time for participants to apply their learnings to their own writing practice (after lunch).
This session is co-facilitated by Ashley Edwards (Indigenous Initiatives Librarian), Julia Lane (Writing Services Coordinator), and Noëll Cousins (Director of Engagement at SFPIRG).
Note: Registration is for the full day (arrival 9-9:30am, workshops start time 9:30am). We will take a lunch break at 12:30pm (lunch is not provided). If you would like to register but cannot attend for the full day, please complete your registration and then email Julia at jhlane@sfu.ca to explain which parts of the day you can attend. We will determine partial day participation on a case-by-case basis.
