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Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group
Sponsored Session
2008 Annual Meeting
Association of American Geographers
Boston, Massachusettes, April 15-19 2008

Title:

New Stories for Old Places I: Philosophy of Place for Indigenous Geographies

Description:

The "New Stories for Old Places" sessions focus on grounding contemporary and historical examples of Indigenous politics within a robust philosophy of place that, in turn, will inform and promote productive place-based efforts in the future.

Anticipated Attendance:

40

Organizers:

Soren Larsen

Jay T. Johnson

Chairs:

Ezra Zeitler

Participants:

Presenter:

Soren Larsen, Possibilities for place-based ethics in existential phenomenology and 'new' indigenous social movements

Presenter:

Brian J. Murton, Maori Place Making

Presenter:

Jay T. Johnson, Indigeneity, Autochthony and Place

Presenter:

Tibusungu'e Vayayana, Weaving Spatial Knowledge and People into a new Autonomous Ontology: the case of Taiwan's Indigenous Cou Peoples

Presenter:

Mark H. Palmer, Investing in Kiowa Country: A Story of Human Spirit and Memory

 

Sponsorships:

Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group
Cultural Geography Specialty Group

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