CULTR ST 751 / Between Indigeneity and Diaspora

3 unit(s)

D. Coleman (cross-listed as ENGLISH 751)

This class explores the tensions between the land-and-place orientation of Indigenous ways of knowing and being, and the mobile cultural formations that have arisen from histories of displacement. Indigeneity and Diaspora are deeply related, yet solidarities between their scholars and political groups have been few and fraught. Through a study of literary and cultural texts produced in Canada, this class will not only examine how these two cultural formations outline limit cases for each other’s claims, but also what potentials might exist between them for new dialogue and shared purpose.