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GS 363 - Comparative Settler Colonialism: Land, the ‘Logic of Elimination,’ and Structures of Race


Settler colonial studies analyzes the relationships between indigenous peoples, settlers, and land, and the ways race, gender, and capitalism continue to structure these relationships. In addition to understanding settler frameworks and theory, we examine Indigenous knowledge systems, resistance, and resurgence. Settler societies work to erase indigenous ones and transform land into extractive resources, but indigenous communities remain - for them land is life and existence is resistance. 

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area 1A and 1B and 1C and 2 with a C- or better)
General Education: UD4 Social&Behavioral Sciences
Typically Offered: Spring term only

Units: 3