Indigenous Studies & Political Science Mini-Conference: Approaches to the Study of Indigenous Politics: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Part of Mini-Conference

• Indigenous Studies & Political Science: Nation, Representation, and Citizenship

Session Description

The second roundtable will focus on approaches to conducting research on indigenous representation in American politics, comparative politics, and political theory. The discussion will address a number of issues relating to engaging native communities, such as best practices for conducting research in indigenous communities, publicizing findings to indigenous groups, and engaging indigenous scholars and activists in research. The discussion will also consider how theories of indigenous representation are similar to and distinct from existing theories within the literature on ethnic politics. Finally, the roundtable will discuss the appropriate unit of analysis in the study of indigenous representation: what are the challenges and opportunities to scaling up to the level of “indigenous” as opposed to scaling down to the level of linguistic or tribal group?

Sub Unit

• Theme Panel

Chair

• Christopher Lee Carter Harvard University

Presenters

• Nina McMurry WZB Berlin Social Science Center

• Edgar Franco Vivanco University of Michigan

• Owen Rhys Brown Northwestern University

• Jean Reith Schroedel Claremont Graduate University

• Arturo Chang University of Toronto

• Tulia G. Falleti University of Pennsylvania