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Rauna Kuokkanen

Other affiliations: University of Toronto
Bio: Rauna Kuokkanen is an academic researcher from University of Lapland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Indigenous & Colonialism. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 23 publications receiving 764 citations. Previous affiliations of Rauna Kuokkanen include University of Toronto.

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23 May 2007
TL;DR: In this article, the question of speaking and the impossibility of the gift in the Academy was addressed. But the focus was on the "Other" and not the "Learning to Learn".
Abstract: Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1 The Gift 2 From Cultural Conflicts to Epistemic Ignorance 3 The Question of Speaking and the Impossibility of the Gift 4 Knowing the "Other" and "Learning to Learn" 5 Hospitality and the Logic of the Gift in the Academy Conclusion Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

297 citations

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TL;DR: Helmer as discussed by the authors argued that the land we hold in trust is our wealth and that without our homelands, we become true paupersons, and that good life derived from the land and sea is what we are all about, that's what land claims was all about.
Abstract: Profi t to non-Natives means money. Profi t to Natives means a good life derived from the land and sea, that’s what we are all about, that’s what this land claims was all about. . . . The land we hold in trust is our wealth. It is the only wealth we could possibly pass on to our children. Good old Mother Earth with all her bounty and rich culture we have adopted from her treasures is our wealth. Without our homelands, we become true paupers. Antoinnette Helmer

105 citations

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TL;DR: The authors examines the depoliticization of violence against women in indigenous communities and argues that there is a pressing need to examine the ways in which gendered violence is explained, addressed, and often sanctioned in these communities.
Abstract: This article examines the depoliticization of violence against women in indigenous communities. It argues that there is a pressing need to examine the ways in which gendered violence is explained, addressed and often sanctioned in indigenous communities. The article draws on Crenshaw's concept of political intersectionality and examines responses to gendered violence in indigenous communities through two groups: Aboriginal women in Canada and Sami women in Scandinavia.

87 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest that indigenous women are among the hardest hit by economic globalization and that globalization represents a multifaceted violence against indigenous women, and they analyse these examples in an intersectional framework that reveals the links between colonization, patriarchy and capitalism.
Abstract: In my article, I suggest that indigenous women are among the hardest hit by economic globalization – the expansion of markets, trade liberalization and cheapening of labour – and that globalization represents a multifaceted violence against indigenous women. I consider this with the help of two examples. First, I discuss the largely ignored case of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada and how the interlocking systems of oppression (colonization, patriarchy and capitalism) are further intensified by globalization. Second, I examine the death of a Hopi woman, Private Piestewa, in the context of militarization, history of colonization and globalization. I analyse these examples in an intersectional framework that reveals the links between colonization, patriarchy and capitalism all of which inform the current processes of globalization.

83 citations

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TL;DR: The authors examines the apparent contradiction between the current tendency of many Indigenous groups and their political institutions to embrace the capitalist economic model as the one and only solution in establishing contemporary Indigenous self-governance, on the one hand, and on the other, the detrimental force of the market economy on Indigenous societies, past and present.
Abstract: . This paper examines the apparent contradiction between the current tendency of many Indigenous groups and their political institutions to embrace the capitalist economic model as the one and only solution in establishing contemporary Indigenous self-governance, on the one hand, and on the other, the detrimental force of the market economy on Indigenous societies, past and present. The starting point is the following question. If the global market economy historically played a significant role in the loss of political and economic autonomy of Indigenous societies and women, how meaningful or sustainable is it to seek to (re)build contemporary Indigenous governance on the very economic model that was largely responsible for undermining it in the first place? Shouldn't this history be taken into consideration when discussing and shaping models and policies for contemporary Indigenous governance and hence be more critical of the standard economic development frameworks hailed as the path toward self-governance?Resume. Cet article examine l'apparente contradiction entre la tendance actuelle de nombreux groupes autochtones et de leurs institutions politiques a adopter le modele economique capitaliste contemporain en tant que seule et unique solution pour constituer une autonomie gouvernementale autochtone d'une part, et de l'autre, les forces nefastes de l'economie de marche dans les societes autochtones, passees et presentes. Au depart, se pose la question suivante : si l'economie de marche mondiale a historiquement joue un role important dans la perte d'autonomie politique et economique des societes autochtones et des femmes, jusqu'a quel point est-il pertinent ou viable de chercher a bâtir ou a rebâtir l'autonomie gouvernementale contemporaine des peuples autochtones sur le meme modele economique qui a ete largement responsable de la saper en premier lieu? Cette dimension historique ne devrait-elle pas etre prise en consideration lors de l'examen et de l'elaboration des modeles et des politiques de gouvernance autochtone contemporains et, par consequent, inciter a une vision plus critique des cadres de developpement economique convenus qui sont salues comme le chemin vers l'autogouvernance?

56 citations


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01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: In this article, the authors suggest that recent global developments have created considerable impetus for change in Indian Country, and they believe that Indigenous populations may well be on the cusp of a new day in Indian policy in America, if proper consideration is given to this global imperative.
Abstract: As previously discussed, Reyhner and Eder (1989) have divided the history of American Indian educational policy, and indeed Indian policy generally, into six distinct periods or eras, culminating in our current state of Self-Determination. While this seems to be an accurate assessment of the present day, the authors would like to suggest that recent global developments have created considerable impetus for change in Indian Country. The authors believe that Indigenous populations may well be on the cusp of a new day in Indian policy in America, if proper consideration is given to this global imperative.

818 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the experience of walking through a department store and being amazed at the many different articles we see there, one counter after another filled with this, that, and the other thing-some useful, some of little or no use.
Abstract: We've all had the experience at some time or other of walking through a department store and being amazed at the many different articles we see there. One counter after another filled with this, that, and the other thing-some useful, some of little or no use. Almost every day a new gadget is advertised, electric blankets, or hats that look like chimneys, or a special kind of vitamin tablets. A common reaction of people as they look in shop windows is, "What will they think of next?"This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

716 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a critique of geographical-posthumanist engagements is presented, where the authors identify two Eurocentric performances common in posthumanist geographies and analyze their implications, and conclude with some thoughts about steps to decolonize geo-graphs.
Abstract: This paper engages my struggles to craft geo-graphs or earth writings that also further broaden political goals of decolonizing the discipline of geography. To this end, I address a body of literature roughly termed ‘posthumanism’ because it offers powerful tools to identify and critique dualist constructions of nature and culture that work to uphold Eurocentric knowledge and the colonial present. However, I am discomforted by the ways in which geographical engagements with posthumanism tend to reproduce colonial ways of knowing and being by enacting universalizing claims and, consequently, further subordinating other ontologies. Building from this discomfort, I elaborate a critique of geographical-posthumanist engagements. Taking direction from Indigenous and decolonial theorizing, the paper identifies two Eurocentric performances common in posthumanist geographies and analyzes their implications. I then conclude with some thoughts about steps to decolonize geo-graphs. To this end, I take up learnings of...

492 citations