When we conduct research, we’re searching for answers that matter. Who produces the research we rely on? Who determines what is important to research, what topics deserve to be researched, and who researches it?
This crucial roundtable discussion addresses the fraught relationship between indigenous knowledge and scholars and the academic and cultural institutions that have often erased, co-opted, and excluded them.
Panelists:
Chris Finley (Colville Confederated Tribes) is a Native Studies professor at USC Dornsife. Her research, writing, and teaching critique how dominant U.S. popular culture sexualizes Native bodies as culturally and, therefore, racially unable to conform to white heteroreproductive norms.
Rebecca Hernandez (Mescalero/Warm Springs Apache) is the community archivist at the UC Santa Cruz University Library, where she partners with local stakeholders to promote the acquisition, preservation, and use of archival materials that document the communities of Santa Cruz County.
Loriene Roy (Anishinabe, enrolled on the White Earth Reservation, and a member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe) is a professor in the School of Information at the University of Texas, Austin. Her writing, research, and service are centered on indigenous cultural heritage development.
Shawn Wilson (Opaskwayak Cree Nation) is an associate professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. He applies indigenous research methodologies into applied indigenous community contexts, including the revitalization of traditional methodologies and practices.
This event was recorded on February 2, 2022 and was presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative; organized by Elizabeth Galoozis and Suzanne Noruschat (USC Libraries); and co-sponsored by La CASA.
