SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Terra Nullius, Scientific Racism, Indian Act
12 Feb 2018
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Lecture outline: indigenous people in canada, normalizing power, colonialism, modernity and scientific racism, mechanisms of colonialism: sex/gender and sexuality, colonialism and canadian law. Diversity includes inuits, metis and first nations (both status and non - status ) Focus for today: a key part of colonialism is the enforcement of western sex/gender and sexuality norms on indigenous populations, and, colonialist ideas are enshrined in canadian law. Normalization is the process through which something becomes seen as normal or natural. Time period between the 15th century (1400s) to the start of the industrial revolution in the late 18th century. Technical and cultural sophistication = human superiority. Different types of humans have different capabilities. Non - european races = not quite human. Non- white cultures need discipline, civilization and salvation. Non - whites lack rationality, are more animal than human, have animalistic sexual appetites. Sex/gender and sexuality = primary mechanism of colonialism.
