by rjacksonpaton | Sep 18, 2014 | conferences, connections, ethnoautobiography, vulnerable ecology, writing
Yesterday I submitted a manuscript to Orion entitled “Playing in the wild: Seven riffs on wilderness.” It’s been brewing for a while now with all the attention on this year being the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. A few writers have noted...
by rjacksonpaton | Oct 3, 2013 | conferences, ethnoautobiography
I will attach the slides for my performance very soon. Stay tuned…
by rjacksonpaton | Jun 11, 2013 | conferences, connections, writing
I will be presenting at the Critical Ethnic Studies Association conference, September 19-21 in Chicago. My presentation is titled: Moving through whiteness: Creative approaches to decolonizing white settlers. Stay tuned for more info soon. You can register for the...
by rjacksonpaton | Apr 23, 2013 | conferences, dissertation, ethnoautobiography, uncoveredwagon, vulnerable ecology, writing
I read this riff at WPC14 and got several positive responses to it. I should have read it at the Native Science conference, too, but forgot to. It’s about how I first realized that land I thought I really loved was someone else’s homeland; very tricky! It...
by rjacksonpaton | Apr 18, 2013 | conferences, connections, readings, writing
When I was at Pitzer College, I was struck by the fantastic student posters many of which referred to ‘classics’ in Indigenous research methods. These include the one that started it all, Smith’s ‘Decolonizing methodologies.’ Also...
by rjacksonpaton | Apr 16, 2013 | conferences, uncoveredwagon, vulnerable ecology
Piestewa Peak was mentioned in my decolonizing environmentalism workshops, in the context of how changing place names is a cultural survival (aka Indigenous rights) issue for Native peoples and is also an environmental issue. From National Native News...
