The following is a list of readings for people who feel “unsettled” by the term settler. Settler is not a pejorative term. It is a term relative to the historical trajectory of Empire and ENTRENCHED by the laws of the US and Canadian States. As an optimistic bioregionalist, I share these on the premise that “we can’t know where we’re going if we don’t know where we’re coming from.” I wrote the first from a Cascadian perspective, the rest are based on general theory.
Notes on a Bioregional Decolonization
Indigenous Settler? Decolonization and the Politics of Exile
Understanding Colonizer Status
Who are you calling a “settler”?
Why the term ‘settler’ needs to stick
Decolonization is not a metaphor
Reblogged this on Awakening the Horse People and commented:
Been wanting to get Cathasaigh Ó Corcráin’s excellent perspectives online. And here’s his most recent post with more links to his and other articles about being a settler in a colonial state.
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