Abstract Deadline (600 words): June 30th, 2024
Decisions Announced: July 31st
Final Submission Deadline: November 30th, 2024
This special issue of American Indian Culture and Research Journal will focus on the theme of Indigenous Renaissance. The literature has seen the use of terms such as; “radical resurgence” (Simpson, 2017), “collective continuance” (Whyte, 2018), “survivance” (Vizenor, 2008), and the perpetuation and regeneration of land-based pedagogies (Corntassel and Hardbarger, 2019). These terms align with what is being heralded as an Indigenous Renaissance to which even governments are taking notice: a rise in popular culture regarding Indigenous peoples’ epistemologies, culture, languages, curation, and arts all around the globe. Many Indigenous groups are using their sovereignty to enact legislative change that promotes sustainability on a large scale, demonstrating part of the potential of an Indigenous Renaissance. This resurgence only recently became a transnational phenomenon due to the age of information, arising directly from and for Indigenous peoples around the world expressing their own cultural values and promoting reciprocity to each other and to the natural world in the process. Bringing together histories, mixed media, genres, scholarly pursuits, and political actions of Indigenous peoples, we aim to emphasize the contemporary (2010s to present) phenomenon of Indigenous cultures collaborating at global scales to reassert their political sovereignty.
Guest Editors
MJ DesRosier (Blackfeet, Gros Ventre, Colville) & Paul J. Guernsey (White/European-descended settler)
M.S. Environmental Studies Visiting Asst Prof, Environmental Studies
University of Montana University of Montana
Scholarly essays and commentaries published in AICRJ must meet their guidelines. For questions, and for the submission of abstracts for consideration, please reach out to MJ and Paul directly (michael.desrosier@umontana.edu and paul.guernsey@umt.edu).