Economic growth and industrial development, we are told, are the keys to human and social progress. Debal Deb is far from convinced. In his book Beyond Developmentality, Dr. Deb critiques mainstream economic priorities; calls into question many assumptions about the natural world; describes how traditional indigenous societies have interacted with nature; and calls for a zero-growth economy.
Debal Deb, Beyond Developmentality: Constructing Inclusive Freedom and Sustainability Earthscan, 2009
Economic growth and industrial development, we are told, are the keys to human and social progress. Debal Deb is far from convinced. In a new book, Deb critiques mainstream economic priorities; calls into question many assumptions about the natural world; describes how traditional indigenous societies have interacted with nature; and calls for a zero-growth economy.
Baum & Harris, eds., Racially Writing the Republic Duke U. Press, 2009
Cari Carpenter, Seeing Red: Anger, Sentimentality, and American Indians The Ohio State U. Press, 2008
Must this nation's founding narrative be premised on white European superiority and their "civilizing" mission? Cari Carpenter finds in Sarah Winnemucca's book Life Among the Piutes both an alternative origin story of the US and a direct challenge to the myth of the vanishing Indian. Also, Andrea Smith talks about the role of indigenous ideas in anti-violence movement theorizing.
Leanne Hinton, Flutes of Fire Heyday, 1994
Leanne Hinton et al., How to Keep Your Language Alive Heyday, 2002
So many languages around the globe, too many threatened with extinction. What's going on, and in what ways are indigenous languages especially vulnerable? Leanne Hinton is an authority on how and why languages are being lost, the significance of language diversity, and the ways in which indigenous tongues can be revitalized before it's too late. (Holiday encore presentation.)
Agyeman & Ogneva-Himmelberger, eds., Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union MIT Press, 2009
A number of post-Soviet states are bent on exploiting their natural resources to drive their economies. This has momentous implications both for natural environments and for environmental justice struggles. Kate Watters and Susie Crate describe the efforts of communities and indigenous people to address environmental degradation caused by extractive operations and nuclear tests.
Leanne Hinton, Flutes of Fire Heyday, 1994
Leanne Hinton et al., How to Keep Your Language Alive Heyday, 2002
So many languages around the globe, too many threatened with extinction. What's going on, and in what ways are indigenous languages especially vulnerable? Leanne Hinton is an authority on how and why languages are being lost, the significance of language diversity, and the ways in which indigenous tongues can be revitalized before it's too late.
