Spring 2021 - INDG 402W E100

The Discourse of Aboriginal Peoples (3)

Class Number: 4590

Delivery Method: Remote

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Thu, 5:30–8:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    June Scudeler
    jscudele@sfu.ca
    1 778 782-8191
    Office Hours: 3:30-4:30pm or by appointment
  • Prerequisites:

    60 units and one of INDG (or FNST) 101 or INDG (or FNST) 201W.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Style and content of Aboriginal people's discourse about their culture, world view, history and matters affecting their lives. Includes the analysis of selections from Aboriginal oral literature, autobiography, expository writing, modern poetry and fiction. Students with credit for INDG (or FNST) 402 or FNST 402W may not take this course for further credit. Writing.

COURSE DETAILS:

While settler society has historically positioned Indigenous people as savage and impeding “progress,” Indigenous people use expressive cultures to assert self-determination and ways of knowing. We will analyze Indigenous contemporary Indigenous film, literature, and performance to understand how Indigenous people are centring themselves through gender and sexuality, urban and rez spaces, and in unexpected and path-clearing ways.

Grading

  • Participation 15%
  • Presentation (4 pages) 25%
  • Paper Proposal (4 pages) 15%
  • Son of a Trickster / Trickste (comparison 4 pages) 15%
  • Final paper 30%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Diaz, Natalie. Postcolonial Love Poem.

https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/postcolonial-love-poem
ISBN: 978-1-64445-014-7

Whitehead, Joshua. Jonny Appleseed

https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/J/Jonny-Appleseed
ISBN: 9781551527253

Whitehead, Joshua, ed. Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/L/Love-after-the-End
ISBN: 9781551528113

Registrar Notes:

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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).