Indigenous Intellectual Traditions: Decolonizing Knowledge and Methods through Collaborative Thought and Action
In this plenary lecture, co-organize by ACCUTE and the Indigenous Literary Studies Association (ILSA) Dr. Deanna Reder will work through some of the key arguments of her recent award-winning book, Autobiography as Indigenous Intellectual Tradition: Cree and Métis Âcimisowina, and expand upon them with examples from practical, collaborative research, organizational, and community-oriented projects, to map out key concepts and strategic practices of decolonizing literary and cultural modes of study, curriculum, and cultural production. The lecture will critique ways of approaching Indigenous texts that are informed by the Western academic tradition and offer instead a new way of theorizing Indigenous literature based on the Indigenous practice of life writing.
