Critical Indigenous theory in the study of religion network

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Gareau, Paul

• SSHRC CG awarded 2024: Building a Critical Indigenous Theory in the Study of Religion Network (CITSR) is a five day event activity that will develop a network for North American scholars who work at the intersection of religion and Indigenous studies. The aim is to build an international community (i.e., intellectual kinship) among academics working to decolonize and indigenize the study of religion. CITSR will lay the foundation for promoting knowledge about religion that is especially significant for Indigenous nations/peoples and grow the study of religion in the academy. 14 scholars (Indigenous and non Indigenous) from Canada and USA along with 4 undergraduate and 2 graduate students will participate in this event. Event activities include training sessions for students, a pre-workshop session where we will outline disciplinary and scholarly objectives and major issues in our academic work covering questions of positionality and intersectionality, relationality, onto-epistemologies and storied places, Indigenous density, and nationhood/peoplehood relations, and a 2-day workshop on the role of Indigenous knowledges in the academy. Outputs from the event include: a digital repository of scholarly resources through a website, a listserv for the network; articles for a special issue in a scholarly journal co-edited by two members of the network; and panels on critical Indigenous theory in the study of religion at professional associations. We will also promote the network and scholarship through podcasts. The goal after our event activity is to provide a platform for the community of scholars to keep in touch, support critical Indigenous Studies, share resources, and generate collaborations linking different scholars and students.

• Date created

  2024-01-31

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Connection Grant
  • CG
  • SSHRC
  • Native Studies
  • Indigenous
  • Studies
  • Religion
  • Network
  • Knowledges
  • Decolonial
  • Indigenization
  • Anti-Oppression
  • Sociology
  • Religious
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Multiculturalism
  • Ethnic
  • Canada
  • United States
  • North America

• Type of Item

  Research Material

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-zbgz-d112

• License

  ©️Gareau, Paul. All rights reserved other than by permission. This document embargoed to those without UAlberta CCID until 2027.