Kim TallBear

What’s in Ecosexuality for an Indigenous Scholar of “Nature”?

By |2017-10-01T22:11:10-06:00June 29th, 2012|Categories: DECOLONIAL SUSTAINABILITY LABORATORY, Kim TallBear|

Stephens and Sprinkle (center left and right) with friends at Dyke March 2012 We’re changing the metaphor from “Earth as Mother” to “Earth as Lover.” ---Elizabeth Stephens, Artist, Ecosexual, Professor We aim to make the environmental movement more sexy, fun and diverse. ----Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D., Artist, Ecosexual, Sexologist “Who [...]

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The Myth of Native American Blood

By |2017-10-01T22:11:10-06:00June 1st, 2012|Categories: Kim TallBear, Media|

The African-American grandmother of a friend of mine once summed up the laws that govern black identity in this country. "If you ever want to know if someone's black or not," she would say, "go ask their white neighbor." That succinct, small-town Georgia wisdom essentially outlines the rule of hypodescent, also known as the one-drop [...]

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No human subjects ethics protocols for playwrights and actors

By |2017-10-01T22:11:11-06:00March 14th, 2012|Categories: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, TECHNOSCIENCE, & ENVIRONMENT, Kim TallBear|

10/30/12 Update: A new Indian Country Today article highlights recent results of UC Berkeley Native graduate students' work to call the UC Berkeley Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Department (TDPS) to respond to and engage in dialogue after its production of the John Fisher Ishi play last spring. The play re-told the Ishi story with fictional embellishments that [...]

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Bringing indigenous & feminist science studies to Meiji University in Tokyo

By |2017-10-01T22:11:24-06:00December 18th, 2011|Categories: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, TECHNOSCIENCE, & ENVIRONMENT, Kim TallBear|

L to R: H. Arai, M. Hakoda, M. Yamaguchi, K. TallBear, K. Kinase, and K. Ando Through a UC Berkeley-Meiji University exchange program, I have had the honor this month of leading a seminar at Meiji's School of Political Science and Economics. On the first day of the seminar, “Indigenous & [...]

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Mission:

Indigenous Science, Technology, and Society (Indigenous STS) is an international research and teaching hub, housed at the University of Alberta, for the bourgeoning sub-field of Indigenous STS. Our mission is two-fold: 1) To build Indigenous scientific literacy by training graduate students, postdoctoral, and community fellows to grapple expertly with techno-scientific projects and topics that affect their territories, peoples, economies, and institutions; and 2) To produce research and public intellectual outputs with the goal to inform national, global, and Indigenous thought and policymaking related to science and technology. Indigenous STS is committed to building and supporting techno-scientific projects and ways of thinking that promote Indigenous self-determination.
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