UC Santa Cruz Native Research and Pacific
Research Clusters
presents:
Decolonizing Methodology and Beyond:
Constructing Indigenous Methodologies
February 23-24, 2001
Oakes Learning Center
University of California, Santa Cruz
Indigenous scholars have critiqued the
colonizing practices of western
methodologies for decades. This conference will attempt to go beyond
these
critiques and develop indigenous methodologies that are accountable to
indigenous communities.
Keynote Speakers:
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (Crow Creek Sioux) Eastern Washington University,
Professor Emerita–Literature
David Gegeo (Solomon Islands) California State University, Monterey
Bay–Political Science
Additional Participants:
Jennifer Denetdale (Navajo) Northern Arizona University--History
Natividad Gutiérrez (Chiapanekan) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México–Education
Ku Kahakalau, (Hawai'ian) Kanu o Ka 'Aina Hawaiian Academy and Charter
School–Education
Manu Meyer (Hawai'ian) University of Hawai'i at Hilo–Education
Luana Ross (Salish) University of Washington--Sociology
Audra Simpson (Mohawk) McGill University--Anthropology
Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (Te Arawa/Tuhoe/Waikato--Maori) Victoria
University–Social Sciences
Winona Wheeler (Cree) Saskatchewan Indian Federated College–History
Craig Womack (Muscogee) University of Lethbridge–Literature
Katerina Teaiwa (Banaban/Gilbertese-Fiji) Australian National
University–Anthropology
Conference schedule and registration:
Friday, February 23: 6:30pm - 10pm
Saturday, February 24: 9:00am - 10pm
Free and open to public
Sara C. Sutler-Cohen
Sociology Dept., UC Santa Cruz
Single Parents Action Network (SPAN)
(831) 423-2917
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