2007 Annual Meeting, Association
of American Geographers
April 17-21 2007, San Francisco, CA
3516 Geography and Indigenous Peoples: New Directions
Thursday, 4/19/07, from 3:00 PM - 4:40 PM
Description:
Indigenous Geography as an area of study within Geography has
moved significantly forward in the past decade. Work in this area
has advanced areas such as research methodology, postcolonial studies,
and culturally sound participatory management practices. Recent
journal publications highlighting this field reflects the growing
recognition that work on Indigenous peoples is contributing significantly
to the discipline as a whole. This emergence of Indigenous Geography
as an area of disciplinary development has been matched by institutional
recognition of this subfield. Several universities have created
positions designated for "Indigenous Geography"; the International
Geographical Union (IGU) has created an Indigenous Peoples Knowledge
and Rights Commission; the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum
of the American Indian has created a Senior Geography research position
to develop Indigenous-Geography programs and scholarship; and the
Association of American Geographers has increasingly worked with
the Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group to bring tribal leaders,
plenary speakers, and indigenous performers to AAG annual meetings.
Given this growing interconnection between Geography and Indigenous
issues and institutions, this session aims to explore present and
future directions in Indigenous-Geography research and its application
to Indigenous situations. It brings together old and new Geographers
working in this area to discuss trends and directions: to reflect
on where we have been, to share what we are doing now, and to consider
the directions for our work in the near future.
Organizer: RDK Herman - National Museum of the
American Indian
Chair: RDK Herman - National Museum of the American
Indian
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