CFP Raising Indigenous Voices in Academia Online Conference Sept. 2-6 2021
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the Raising Indigenous Voices in Academia (RIVA) conference, highlighting Indigenous Knowledge and Scholarship. All scholars are welcome to submit a paper proposal. Administrators, academics and the general public are welcome to register to attend. Indigenous scholars, who demographically are perhaps the most underrepresented ethnic group globally, are especially encouraged to submit an abstract.
Conference Venue: The RIVA conference is scheduled to be held over Zoom during the evenings (Mountain Time) of Thursday September 2nd and Friday September 3rd, and the mornings (Mountain Time) of Saturday September 5, Sunday September 5, and and Monday September 6. Paper presentation schedules will be posted in August at the web address listed below.
Theme
A central conference theme of Raising Indigenous Voices in Academia is to highlight Indigenous knowledge and scholarship, with a goal to raise awareness of the lack of Indigenous scholars representing Indigenous scholarship in academia. Specific times have been set aside for attendees to discuss thoughts about the scholarship presented and how that can contribute to college and university communities.
Invited Speakers
Salish Scholar Dean Nicolai – “Exploring Indigenous Methodological Perspectives in Cultural Resource Management”
Australian Gumbaynggirr Scholar Clark Webb –“Increasing Indigenous Voices in Universities”
Sami Scholar Gunvor Guttom – “The Academic Relevance of a Sami Speaker Researching Sami Language”
Inuit/Greenlandic Scholar Naja Dyrendom Graugaard – “Kalaallit Sealing and the Arctic Sealskin Industry Through Inuit Hunting Knowledge in Greenland”
Salish Scholar Shandin Pete –“Intersecting Ancient Salish Hydrological Knowledge with Modern Hydrological Tools”
Miami Scholar and MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award” recipient Daryl Baldwin – “The Myaamia Center: Tribally Directed Research for Language Revitalization”
Submissions
Submissions are open to all topical areas and disciplines that involve First Nations Peoples or Indigenous issues and studies. Papers can include, but are not limited to, discussion papers on cultural resource management, socio-cultural issues, ethnobotany, language maintenance and revitalization, political/legal anthropology, archeology, linguistics. Because the goal of the conference is to have intimate and meaningful discussions, the number of papers will be limited to 24.
Anticipated Topics for Discussion
•The viability of converting Indigenous research activities into positions at colleges and universities
•When applying Indigenous driven research methodologies, should there be concern of this being appropriated in ways that benefit non-Indigenous scholars to the exclusion of the original Indigenous scholarship?
•Overcoming obstacles/resistance to Indigenous approaches and participation at colleges and universities
•Engaging academic communities through Indigenous research and scholarship
•Perspectives on the past from Indigenous archaeologists and cultural heritage resource managers
•Finding a balance between anthropological and Indigenous ways of knowing
•Identifying what constitutes effective teaching of Indigenous languages at an institutional level and in everyday life.
For registration and submission information please visit http://www.umt.edu/nsilc/basepage.php
Please submit abstracts of up to 120 words as early as possible.
For questions please contact Prof. Neyooxet Greymorning at agmriva2020@gmail.com
Thank you very much, we look forward to seeing you online in September.
Prof. Neyooxet Greymorning
Departments of Anthropology and Native Studies
University of Montana-Missoula
Dr. Zachary Androus
Florence Ethnographic Field School
Prof. Neyooxet Greymorning
Departments of Anthropology and Native Studies
University of Montana-Missoula