AIIS 1110 Indigenous Issues in Global Perspectives

Course description

This course attends to the contemporary issues, contexts and experiences of Indigenous peoples. Students will develop a substantive understanding of colonialism and engage in the parallels and differences of its histories, forms, and effects on Indigenous peoples globally. Contemporary Indigenous theorists, novelists, visual artists and historians have a prominent place in the course, highlighting social/environmental philosophies, critical responses to and forms of resistance toward neocolonial political and economic agendas and the fundamental concern for Indigenous self determination, among other topics.

Successful completion of AIIS 1110 will contribute to partial fulfillment of CALS Diversity Requirement and partial fulfillment of the AIIS Minor

Corequisites

None

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