Indigenous Aesthetics and Visual Sovereignty

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This seminar explores contemporary Indigenous visual art as a form of intellectual inquiry, cultural continuity and political expression, grounded in Indigenous aesthetics and ways of knowing. Examines how artists engage with themes such as land, kinship, memory and sovereignty through various media, drawing on ancestral knowledge to challenge colonial narratives and envision decolonial futures. Emphasizes visual art as a mode of Indigenous theorizing rooted in relationality, responsibility and land-based ethics.