Fall 2015 - HIST 427 D100
Problems in the History of Aboriginal Peoples (4)
Class Number: 5899
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2015: Thu, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Mary-Ellen Kelm
kelm@sfu.ca
Office: AQ 6227
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Prerequisites:
45 units including nine units of lower division history.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Examination of selected themes in the history of Aboriginal peoples.
COURSE DETAILS:
Indigenous Histories, Representation and Performance
Indigenous histories are everywhere in Canada – even here at SFU. But we sometimes have a hard time seeing them, understanding what we see, and communicating what we learn.
This course examines the ways in which Indigenous people have been represented, and have represented themselves, in text, photograph, film, performance and exhibit. It will examine the shifting relationships between cultural production and social, political and economic relations within Indigenous communities and between Indigenous and settler communities. Students will gain an understanding of how the politics of production shape and give meaning to various forms of representation of Indigenous people in Canada and the United States. Students will gain new insight into how cultural production, including the writing of history, constitutes as well as reflects relations between First Nations and settler societies.
Students will emerge from this course able to apply decolonizing and Indigenous methods to the documentary, visual, auditory and material texts used to produce Indigenous histories. They will learn how to generate their own histories that are respectful and inclusive of Indigenous knowledge and knowledge-keepers. While using examples from across North America, we will respect our place on unceded Coast Salish territory by focusing attention on our own local scene.
If you have ever wanted to know more about the Indigenous histories of the grounds upon which we tread each day, this is the course for you. If you ever wanted to understand better how to read media, film, archival and other representations of Indigenous peoples, this course is for you. If you ever wanted to learn how to talk about Indigenous histories respectfully, then join us as we embark on a journey together to decolonize Canadian -- and SFU’s -- history.
Grading
- Learning Journal 30%
- Writing Assignment 20%
- Research Assignment 20%
- Presentation 15%
- Discussion 15%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. 2nd edition, 2012
Registrar Notes:
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