Sarah Deer: "Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America"
Sarah Deer: Native American Activist, Scholar, Teacher
As Sarah Deer argues in her book, The Beginning and the End of Rape, rape did not exist in Native communities before European/Euroamerican colonization. In the most basic terms, her work is relevant to anyone who resides on lands that have been colonized and settled. To put it simply, are all touched by the subjects of her work. Colonization, sexual violence, alternatives to incarceration based on Native/Indigenous lifeways, historical and present trauma - these are just some of the topics Professor Deer discussed during her visit. Professor Deer has hands-on experience developing support systems and healing practices that are grounded in tribal customs and lifeways. She is is committed to forms of healing for all members of Native communities, including victims, survivors, and perpetrators.
Public Event
Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America [November 15, 2017 video]Theme for Fall 2017: IN / EXclusion
The processes of inclusion and exclusion involve both human and natural forms of curation. Who or what gains full or partial participation, or none? At the human level, consider excommunication and ecumenicalisms, outcasts and elites, the intellectual and creative margins and accepted canons. In the physical world, a foreign body enclosed in a mass, an inert or incendiary combination of elements. In architectural design, theories and policies of walls.
