26 March 2025 | 08:30 - 10:00 (MDT)
Open Session - HYBRID
Room: UMC Fourth Floor - 415/417
Organisers: Romain Chuffart (University of Akureyri); Gabriella Gricius (Colorado State University)
Session Description:
Co-production of knowledge and Indigenous-led methodologies have become a high priority on the Arctic research agenda as a means to alleviate and avoid reproducing the historical and ongoing violence of colonial practices on Indigenous communities. This session aims to create a discussion on the role of non-Indigenous scholars in Arctic research through a decolonial lens. It addresses the need for creating inclusive research spaces that respect and elevate Indigenous knowledge systems. While social sciences focused on “Arctic governance” (e.g. political science, international relations, and international legal studies) have had internal discussions about the need to find alternative non-colonial and non-hierarchical ways of producing knowledge, these conversations are yet to happen in meaningful way in relation to Arctic-wide research. By examining the dynamics of knowledge production, the session aims to question how to avoid appropriation and co-optation of Indigenous knowledge in Arctic research. As a result, this session will seek to chart a decolonial Arctic governance research approach for the next decade.
This session invites contributions on the following topics:
- Decolonial approaches to Arctic governance studies
- Inclusive research practices
- Non-appropriation of Indigenous methodologies in Arctic governance studies
- Knowledge production of Arctic governance studies