Imperialism & Settler-Colonialism

Charles L.

This factsheet provides an in-depth introduction to the key concepts of Imperialism, Colonialism, Settler-Colonialism and Racialization in the context of Canada.

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References

Coulthard, G. S. (2014). Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition. U of Minnesota Press.
Miles, Robert. "On Signification." In Racism, 87-113. London: Routledge, 1989.
TallBear, Kim. Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
Tuhiwai Smith, Linda. (2012). "Imperialism, History, Writing and Theory." In Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. Zed Books. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=1426837.
Winant, H. (2000). Race and Race Theory. Annual Review of Sociology, 26(1), 169–185. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.26.1.169

Source Authors

Glen Coulthard, Howard Winant, Kim Tallbear, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Robert Miles

Keywords

Appropriation, Challenge Assumptions, Challenging Whiteness, Colonial Exploitation, Constructing 'Race', Constructing Difference, Doctrine of Discovery, European Settlers, imperialism, Indigenous Diplomacy, Indigenous Resistance, Indigenous Sovereignty, Interrupting Colonial Narratives, Land Dispossession, Language and Power, Myths and Power, Ongoing Colonialism, Politics of Citizenship, Politics of Recognition, Racialization, Settler Colonialism, Settler-Indigenous Relations, Slavery, Treaties, Unsettling Settlers

Locations

Canada, Europe, North America, Turtle Island