CFP: Seventh Annual Indigenous and American Studies Storyteller’s Conference

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

CALL FOR PAPERS

7th Annual Indigenous and American Studies Storyteller’s Conference

25th & 26th March, 2011

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

As an Indigenous intellectual John Mohawk was deeply rooted in Haudenosaunee traditions and culture.  Over the years he published extensively on Native wisdom, traditional philosophy and legal systems, economic and sovereign rights,  human relations with the natural world, and Indigenous rights, all the while reminding us of the important of the traditional foods and the Three Sisters (corn, beans, squash) to sustain the people.

Keeping the legacy of John Mohawk and his work in mind, the 7th Annual Indigenous and American Studies Storyteller’s Conference will focus on the theme of Indigenous knowledge and research, and the wider American and international context.  We invite researchers, teachers and community members from the fields of Indigenous and American Studies to contribute work on all aspects of Indigenous and American knowledge, language and culture.

Potential topics for papers/presentations/posters:

  • Indigenous and traditional knowledge
  • Contemporary Indigenous politics
  • Colonization and decolonization
  • Addressing the colonial legacy
  • Racism and whiteness
  • Oral traditions, stories and history
  • Culture and cultural practices
  • Community work and community development projects
  • Media and technology
  • Language recovery and revitalization
  • Land reclamation, use and environmental protection
  • Treaties, law and international relationships
  • Nationalism, citizenship and border crossings
  • American pluralism, identity, culture and nationalism
  • Issues of national identity, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and ability
  • American history, art, culture

 

We welcome interpretations of the conference theme and works which engage with Indigenous and American culture.  We also encourage presentations from the traditional to the non-traditional, and invite submission from all disciplines within the humanities and arts.

 

Please submit a 250 word proposal to ubamsconference@yahoo.com by February 1st, 2011.