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Truth Pursuit Artifacts: Do Land Acknowledgment Statements Demonstrate Political Solidarity in Settler Higher Education Institutions?
Thu, May 4, 7:00am to 7:00pm CDT (7:00am to 7:00pm CDT), AERA i-Presentation Gallery, AERA Virtual i-Presentation GalleryFri, May 5, 7:00am to 7:00pm CDT (7:00am to 7:00pm CDT), AERA i-Presentation Gallery, AERA Virtual i-Presentation Gallery
Abstract
Institutional land acknowledgment statements in settler higher education institutions are artifacts of pursuits of truth. By analyzing ways that non-Indigenous leaders engage in these pursuits through the lens of political solidarity theory, a distinction can be made between these statements as demonstrating moral obligation or being used as a rhetorical tool. The truth expressed by settler higher education institutional land acknowledgment statements is often not the same truth that is claimed by Indigenous communities. The motivations for implementing institutional land acknowledgment statements reveal the potential impact of these statements as either furthering or interrupting colonialism in settler higher education institutions.