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Unsettling Borders on Tohono O'odham Sacred Land

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Unsettling Borders on Tohono O'odham Sacred Land

American Studies | The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Wednesday, November 1, 2023 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm Susquehanna Hall, 3105

This talk addresses how debates about “borders” in Xicana migration studies can be put in dialogue with Indigenous peoples such as the Tohono O’odham whose reservation extends beyond the Arizona-Mexico borderland. Caught between migrants crossing their land and the rapid expansion of border security violence, Indigenous struggles for sovereignty demand border solidarity rather than military occupation.

Please RSVP for this colloquium at: https://forms.gle/bAWsPEnJ55R9QFif8

Felicity Amaya Schaeffer is Professor and the Peggy and Jack Baskin Endowed Chair of the Feminist Studies Department and Chair of the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research and teaching interests include: Latinx and Indigenous decolonial studies; migration and border studies; and feminist and critical race STS (Science and Technology Studies).

The colloquium will be in from 4:00-5:45 PM in Susquehanna 3105. 

Add to Calendar 11/01/23 4:00 PM 11/01/23 5:45 PM America/New_York Unsettling Borders on Tohono O'odham Sacred Land

This talk addresses how debates about “borders” in Xicana migration studies can be put in dialogue with Indigenous peoples such as the Tohono O’odham whose reservation extends beyond the Arizona-Mexico borderland. Caught between migrants crossing their land and the rapid expansion of border security violence, Indigenous struggles for sovereignty demand border solidarity rather than military occupation.

Please RSVP for this colloquium at: https://forms.gle/bAWsPEnJ55R9QFif8

Felicity Amaya Schaeffer is Professor and the Peggy and Jack Baskin Endowed Chair of the Feminist Studies Department and Chair of the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research and teaching interests include: Latinx and Indigenous decolonial studies; migration and border studies; and feminist and critical race STS (Science and Technology Studies).

The colloquium will be in from 4:00-5:45 PM in Susquehanna 3105. 

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