Challenging notions of past, present, future, this course engages with media, cultural objects, and practices that imagine and enact alternate futures. Students will produce community-oriented research drawing on Indigenous knowledge making. Topics include: speculative fiction, bead work, visual art practices, and social media. Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the Indigenous Studies program. Seminar three hours per week. [0.5 credits]
Challenging notions of past, present, future, this course engages with media, cultural objects, and practices that imagine and enact alternate futures. Students will produce community-oriented research drawing on Indigenous knowledge making. Topics include: speculative fiction, bead work, visual art practices, and social media. Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the Indigenous Studies program. Seminar three hours per week. [0.5 credits]