Indigenous Americas

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Explores histories, experiences, struggles, art, and philosophies of indigenous peoples in the Americas, meaning both Latin and North America. Acknowledging 500 years of genocidal practices, will focus on concepts of 'the good life' and the complex relations of the spiritual and the material. Roles of gender and sexuality within indigenous worlds and in the often violent relations with settler societies will be a special focus. Explore relations between past, present, and the future under burden of Anthropocene.