Invited Session - Collaborative Indigenous and Afrodescendent Knowledge Production Part 2

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Abstract

This invited double roundtable brings together intellectuals from throughout the Americas for a discussion of indigenous and afro-descendant knowledge practices and alternative forms of knowledge production. The session is conceived as a conversation guided by questions generated by the organizers to raise relevant issues around decolonizing methodologies, activist scholarship, and/or subjugated knowledge practices of marginalized communities. Participants will engage these questions and the comments of other panelists through the lens of their own research, highlighting the valuable work being done throughout the hemisphere. Discussants will draw out areas of convergence/divergence and share their insights to enrich the dialogue.

Sub Track

• Invited Panels

Session Organizers

• Maylei S Blackwell, University of California/Los Angeles

• Shannon Speed, University of Texas/Austin

Presenters

• Jocelyn A Géliga Vargas, University of Puerto Rico/Mayaguez

• Margo Tamez, University of British Columbia Okanagan

• Christopher A Loperena, University of San Francisco

• Marilyn Machado, Proceso de Comunidades Negras

Discussant

• Lynn M Stephen, University of Oregon