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Prisons as Colonial Institutions and Indigenous Visions of Justice in Canada and Australia
No full textDead and Buried - Abjection and Cotard\u27s Syndrome
No full textScary Stories Session 23 explores the fear of being buried alive, looking at both supposed real-life cases in which this may have happened and the hysteria that subsequently followed. It also discusses the two related fears of claustrophobia and suffocation, both of which are thought to be key to the fear of being buried alive. But, while these deal with the fear of being alive and buried prematurely, it leads to the question of what would happen in the reverse? What would it mean to be dead and still walking around to see one\u27s own funeral
Reclaiming Indigenous Sexual Being: Sovereignty and Decolonization Through Sexuality
No full textThis paper illustrates Indigenous sexual being on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam),Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, through a narrative of resurgenceand sovereignty. Discussions regarding Indigenous sexual being in Vancouver within scholarship andmedia tend to share a single story which focuses narrowly on a theme of violence. This paper utilizesthe Indigenous concept of a Sovereign Erotic (Driskill, 2004) to illustrate how sexuality can be used as asovereignty practice. I exemplify this concept as an active practice of decolonization through erotics byexploring the works of Virago Nation, an all-Indigenous burlesque group. This paper works to exposenarratives of colonization and gendered violence in Vancouver, in order to share a competing narrativeof sovereignty through sexuality. This narrative of sovereignty provides a broader scope of Indigenoussexuality in Vancouver by including those who reflect resurgence, reclamation, and hope
The Trauma Within Our Knowledge Bundles: Indigenous Helpers Navigating Trauma in Social Work Education and Practice
No full textTrauma holds a sacred space in the knowledge bundles of many Indigenous helpers, including myself.A knowledge bundle represents the knowledge that an individual holds within themselves. This bundleconsists of experiential knowledge, knowledge shared through teachings, and knowledge received throughgenetic memory. This article explores the potential trauma Indigenous social workers may face priorto practice, within post-secondary programs, and during practice. The literature written by Indigenoushelpers working alongside trauma in the field of social work provides incredibly valuable knowledge forcurrent helpers, as well as for students just beginning their journey into the social work field. How mightIndigenous helpers working within the field of social work care for the trauma they may carry within theirown knowledge bundles? This article examines how Indigenous helpers prepare to work with trauma,how they may navigate trauma within practice, and what happens after re-stimulation of traumatic events
