AIS 495

Spring 2008 All Classes

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Indigenous Critical Theory

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Development of analytical frameworks at the intellectual crossroads where the innovative epistemologies of an American Indian-centered and community-grounded indigenous studies meets feminist theory, critical race theory, semiotic studies, linguistically oriented psychoanalysis, and post colonial theory. Topics vary.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours in separate terms as topics vary. Prerequisite: Any 100 or 200-level American Indian Studies course or consent of instructor.

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AIS 495 class schedule data for spring 2008
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	49215	Lecture-Discussion	CIG	3:00PM -5:40PM	M	336 Davenport Hall	Clark, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/08-04/30/08 Credit: 4 hours Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	49211	Lecture-Discussion	CIU	3:00PM -5:40PM	M	336 Davenport Hall	Clark, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/08-04/30/08 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Oriented toward imagining far-reaching social change through knowledge production in American Indian Studies as a site of activism, this advanced course develops analytical frames at intellectual crossroads where the epistemologies that gather under the "indigenous" sign meet democratic inquiry (and its concerns with recognition) and a transhemispheric critical theory. Three questions structure the course. First, in what ways does indigenous critical theory construct a distinctive form of inquiry? Second, what knowledges does this sort of inquiry provide in order to justify criticism of settler-colonial ideas (and ideals) and institutions? Finally, what kinds of verification does indigenous critical inquiry require? Required readings include Alfred, Was�se (2005); and Turner, This Is Not a Peace Pipe (2006). Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.