Citational politics often means citing a diverse group of authors, but often that will bring up the political and practical problems of categorization.
Our new plastic monitoring project with the Nunatsiavut Government includes sampling feathers from birds in Nunatsiavut for contaminant analysis. In addition to gathering bird guts, here’s how to gather feathers
Drawing from my lived experience with Lake Trout as a member of NunatuKavut who grew up in southern Labrador and a student at a colonial university, I discuss how citation practices are used to influence the political ecology of knowledge infrastructures.
When it comes to “decolonizing” Anthropology, diversity or decolonial initiatives often change very little or nothing at all. I suggest that anthropology is currently facing the dilemma of situating itself as a discipline that allows for the possibility of decolonial approaches while being unable to truly decolonize.
This project involves critical listening to reflect on our positionality within our lived environments. The project was conducted as part of CLEAR’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program, facilitated by Prakash Krishnan.