Neither a survey of contemporary practice, nor a conference report, this ‘plenary’ is a petri dish of ideas occasioned by the 2015 convening of ASLE ( limited by my own ability to digest the conference offerings).
The Truth Is: “No kidding?” “No.” “Come on! That can't be true!” “No kidding.”
“What Indians?” is my too-often unspoken response to people who ask “When do the Indians dance?” Like other colonized Indigenous peoples, cultures, and communities throughout the world, Native Americans have experienced and endured identities imposed on them by colonial powers, most of which originated in Europe.
Of the relational local (2 of 2)
A petri dish of ecopoetics, continued
Neither a survey of contemporary practice, nor a conference report, this ‘plenary’ is a petri dish of ideas occasioned by the 2015 convening of ASLE ( limited by my own ability to digest the conference offerings).
Simon Ortiz: 'What Indians?' (complete)
The Truth Is: “No kidding?” “No.” “Come on! That can't be true!” “No kidding.”
“What Indians?” is my too-often unspoken response to people who ask “When do the Indians dance?” Like other colonized Indigenous peoples, cultures, and communities throughout the world, Native Americans have experienced and endured identities imposed on them by colonial powers, most of which originated in Europe.
Geoff Young reading in Provincetown (PennSound)
Geoff Young reading on August 2, 2015 at Tim's Books in Provincetown
(36:19): MP3