FEM 3108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Indigenous Feminism, Discussion Group, The Need

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 3108
• Professor: Saba Alvi

Document Summary

Currently looking for female spaces within a patriacharital society rather then looking for a space for indigenous women to reclaim their matarcharital society. Indigenous feminism is a side issues rather then the main focus. Lots of feminism includes state whereas a lot of indigenous women do not take/or sometimes acknowledge. Validations of other women of colour by state whereas indigenous women do not want state approval (cid:858)ca(cid:374)(cid:859)t use master tools to dismantle(cid:858) Only way to access indigenous persepective from oral traditions, but this has been mostly lost due to death and residential schools. Colonization -> (cid:272)u(cid:396)iosit(cid:455) a(cid:271)out the (cid:858)othe(cid:396)(cid:859) (cid:894)(cid:271)ut also pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)al gai(cid:374)(cid:895) -> qualitative/scientific research using. Scientific research is not innocent, using indigenous peoples as first source as subjects. Gathering research, published research and did not return that research to communities. Nutritional testing on students at residential schools (approx. 1000 children; 1943-1952) -> resdential s(cid:272)hool (cid:272)hild(cid:396)e(cid:374) (cid:858)pe(cid:396)fe(cid:272)t(cid:859) (cid:272)a(cid:374)didates. The lasting legacy of research: dominant (false) narratives from colonializer.