SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Indian Act, Terra Nullius, Two-Spirit
27 Feb 2016
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Diversity includes inuit, metis and first nations (both status and non status). Conditions on reserves (poverty, blocked opportunity, unsanitary water) Suicide rates way higher = direct product of colonialism. Focus for today: a key part of colonialism is the enforcement of western sex gender and sexuality norms on indigenous populations, 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 to the start of the industrial revolution in the late 18th century. Terra nullius empty land (land belonging to no one) Technological 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. Sex/gender and sexuality = primary mechanism of colonialism dominant narrative globally. Sexual assault, sexism, homophobia and transphobia are entangled with the history of colonialism. Colonial assumption heterogendered norms, indicative of superiority.
