240037 SE BM7 Indigenous Theory and Settler Colonialism in Canada (2025W)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Participation at first session is obligatory!The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
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Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von Mo 01.09.2025 00:01 bis Mo 22.09.2025 23:59
- Abmeldung bis Mo 20.10.2025 23:59
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max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
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Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
Participation at first session is obligatory!
The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
- Mittwoch 05.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
Attendance is expected, with the allowance to miss one 3-hour session. Students will have several assignments throughout the semester which will each make up part of their final grade:
Active participation in discussions and group exercises is expected. Students are required to deliver a presentation analyzing one weekly reading of their choice. Weekly readings are mandatory for all students to enable collective text discussions, which may take the form of panel discussions. Each student will also submit two reading reaction papers (300-500 words) about a weekly reading of their choice which they did not present on.
Through these assignments, students will produce content that will aide them in writing their final seminar paper, which will be about a topic they connected with during class. The students will be able to integrate information and thoughts they collected throughout the semester by using their presentation notes, notes from weekly readings and in-class discussions, as well as their reaction papers and other readings. Students will have to reference a minimum of three class readings in their final paper, which should be between 3,000-5,000 words.
Active participation in discussions and group exercises is expected. Students are required to deliver a presentation analyzing one weekly reading of their choice. Weekly readings are mandatory for all students to enable collective text discussions, which may take the form of panel discussions. Each student will also submit two reading reaction papers (300-500 words) about a weekly reading of their choice which they did not present on.
Through these assignments, students will produce content that will aide them in writing their final seminar paper, which will be about a topic they connected with during class. The students will be able to integrate information and thoughts they collected throughout the semester by using their presentation notes, notes from weekly readings and in-class discussions, as well as their reaction papers and other readings. Students will have to reference a minimum of three class readings in their final paper, which should be between 3,000-5,000 words.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
All the assignments given during the semester have to be completed and submitted to pass the course. A minimum of 51% partial credit is also required. Students will have to submit a short-written assignment related to weekly readings for missed classes.
90-100 % = 1
77-89 %= 2
64-76 %= 3
51-63 %= 4
0-50 % = 5
Grade breakdown:
Presentation and 2 reaction papers: 30%
In-Class participation: 25%
Final paper: 45%
The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
90-100 % = 1
77-89 %= 2
64-76 %= 3
51-63 %= 4
0-50 % = 5
Grade breakdown:
Presentation and 2 reaction papers: 30%
In-Class participation: 25%
Final paper: 45%
The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
Prüfungsstoff
Presentations, active participation during in-class discussions, reaction papers, and final written paper.
Literatur
Example readings, subject to change:
o Patrick Wolfe, Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native
o Eve Tuck & K. Wayne Yang, Decolonization is not a metaphor
o Margaret Kovach, Indigenous Methodologies
o Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, As We Have Always Done
o Glen Coulthard, Red Skin, White Masks (Intro + Ch. 1)
o Bonita Lawrence, “Real” Indians and Others
o Sarah Hunt, Ontologies of Indigeneity
o Audra Simpson, Mohawk Interruptus (Intro + Ch. 2 “Refusal”)
o Audra Simpson, Why White People Love Franz Boas; or, The Grammar of Indigenous Dispossession
o Glen Coulthard & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Grounded Normativity
o Larry Audlaluk, What I Remember, What I Know: The Life of a High Arctic Exile
o Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
o Mini Aodla Freeman, Life Among the Qallunaat
o Charles R. Menzies, Reflections on Research With, for, and Among Indigenous Peoples
o Cole Harris, Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance, and Reserves in British ColumbiaGraphic novels:
o “This Place: 150 Years Retold”
o King, Thomas “Borders”
o Vermette, Katherena “A Girl Called Echo”
o Patrick Wolfe, Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native
o Eve Tuck & K. Wayne Yang, Decolonization is not a metaphor
o Margaret Kovach, Indigenous Methodologies
o Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, As We Have Always Done
o Glen Coulthard, Red Skin, White Masks (Intro + Ch. 1)
o Bonita Lawrence, “Real” Indians and Others
o Sarah Hunt, Ontologies of Indigeneity
o Audra Simpson, Mohawk Interruptus (Intro + Ch. 2 “Refusal”)
o Audra Simpson, Why White People Love Franz Boas; or, The Grammar of Indigenous Dispossession
o Glen Coulthard & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Grounded Normativity
o Larry Audlaluk, What I Remember, What I Know: The Life of a High Arctic Exile
o Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
o Mini Aodla Freeman, Life Among the Qallunaat
o Charles R. Menzies, Reflections on Research With, for, and Among Indigenous Peoples
o Cole Harris, Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance, and Reserves in British ColumbiaGraphic novels:
o “This Place: 150 Years Retold”
o King, Thomas “Borders”
o Vermette, Katherena “A Girl Called Echo”
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: Mo 27.07.2026 09:27
The traditional anthropological canon includes few, if any, Indigenous voices. This course aims to shift students’ assumptions of scholarly work and allow students to engage with theories that complicate key anthropological theories. Students should recognize the often default referral to mainstream Western ideology as such, and critically question these assumptions moving forward in their anthropological training. Content delivery will be relatively open and does not necessarily “build up” throughout the semester, but is always in connection to weekly readings and discussions and therefore illuminates different aspects of anthropological discourse.
Learning objectives:
- Students are able to define and explain important debates and controversies around settler colonialism, its history and contemporary context in Canada.
- Students can identify multiple systems of Indigenous land regulation in Canada, and can differentiate between them.
- Students know several Indigenous scholars’ and are able to critically interpret and engage with their main theories during class discussions, in reaction papers, and the final paper.
- Students can interpret and apply at least two of the main theories and debates discussed in weekly readings or in class to their own seminar paper.