Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

I am extremely humbled and excited to be teaching this course. We'll spend 10 weeks learning how to unlearn colonized pedagogy and cultural narratives while also learning how to receive and navigate Indigenous ones. While Anthropology isn't the only place to endeavor in Indigenous inclusion, it's an important space to do the work given the discipline's deep colonial origins. What did anthropologists get right and what did they get wrong? How has Anthropology been used as a weapon against Indigenous Peoples? How can it be used as a tool to support re-Indigenization and self-determination? These questions can be answered if we focus on truths grounded in Indigenous cultures, experiences, and voices.

We'll consider knowledge gifted to us by several Pacific Northwest Indigenous Peoples about identity, language, community, concepts of land and territory, Knowledge systems, care-taking models, generational experiences with settler colonialism (including white supremacy, Knowledge theft, English-language domination, genocide, relocation, assimilation), and generational experiences of self-determining, cultural revitalization, and healing (including food sovereignty, "land back" initiatives and movements, repatriation, Knowledge ownership). 

You are not alone on this journey. You and your peers will create community, one that's culturally responsive, anti-racist, and willing to receive hard truths. It must be safe, respectful, compassionate, brave, innovative, collaborative and smart for all of us to succeed. 

The class is delivered remotely through ZOOM. Students are expected to attend all sessions. There isn't a textbook, but instead I provide lots of links to free reading and films!

You will need to:

• maintain your PCC Gmail account
• operate Web browsing software
• operate windows based software packages
• access PCC Google Drive programs (DOCS, Jamboard)
• access ZOOM video conferencing (please sign up now)
• keep notes (using paper, electronic devises, Disability Services, etc.)
• use a reliable electronic device (PC, Smart Phone, Laptop, etc.) outfitted with a camera and microphone
• access to reliable Internet/wifi

If you do not have regular access to a personal computer or smart device, contact the college and they will help you with this! Please email me with any questions!