Spring 2021 - INDG 110W D100

International Indigenous Lifewriting (4)

Class Number: 4580

Delivery Method: Remote

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Wed, Fri, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Exploration of Indigenous forms of research and inquiry (ie. genealogies, oral story-telling, autobiographies). Examine and explore life stories of Indigenous authors from around the world. Students with credit for FNST 110W may not take this course for further credit. Writing/Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:

Key to Indigenous forms of research and enquiry (i.e. genealogies, oral storytelling, autobiographies) is an understanding of self in relation to one’s community. Yet this understanding includes not just one community but the many communities that we have responsibilities to (family, work, place of origin, current location) including our relationship to ancestors, descendants, and the land upon which we live. This course will explore writing by Indigenous people about their lives, in countries from around the world. Through course work students will practise writing both standard academic analysis and self-reflective prose, to consider the rhetorical uses (and limitations) of both.

Grading

  • regular attendance and self-assessment of participation 10%
  • journal 20%
  • weekly activities 30%
  • compare and contrast essay 20%
  • personal essay 20%

NOTES:

Please note that this course will be SYNCHRONOUS.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Huamán, Hilaria Supa. Threads of My Life: The Story of Hilaria Supa Huamán, a Rural  Quechua Woman. Translated by Mauricio Carlos Quintana. Theytus P, 2008
ISBN: 978-1-894778-22-0

Manuel, Vera. Honouring the Strength of Indian Women. University of Manitoba Press, 2019.
ISBN: 978-0-88755-836-8

Pilkington, Doris. Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence. Reprinted Edition, 2013.
ISBN: 978-0-7022-3355-5

Wagamese, Richard. For Joshua: An Ojibway Father Teaches His Son. Anchor, 2003.
ISBN: 978-0-385-69324-0

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2021

Teaching at SFU in spring 2021 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).