AIISP is a CALS-based unit that provides Indigenous-related academic, student support and outreach services to Cornell University.
Abstract
So, as Indigenous scholars we have gathered the master's tools and arrived to dismantle his house, only he doesn't live there anymore and is daring us to take it down, because he can make more on the insurance claim than it's really worth. His nephew lives there now, and is doing breathwork and ayahuasca and calling himself an ally. He has a dream catcher and a didgeridoo, and is supportive of Indigenous impact investing.
Decolonization 1.0 involved colonized peoples doing a lot of heavy lifting to help consolidate power into the hands of one empire instead of many. What's going on with 2.0 and why does it feel like the 'centering of Native voices' is a trap? Was our post-structuralist adventure of the last few decades a terrible mistake? Is our resistance actually an essential part of the machinery of Liberalism? Tyson will be taking a trickster view of a few sacred cows and trying to do more laughing than crying in a sharing session that might be unsettling, but in a good way.
Dr. Tyson Yunkaporta
Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk. His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.
