Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2022, 18 – 20 Uhr
Hauptgebäude, IAAK, 1.004 (Raum A)
Regina-Pacis-Weg 3
53113 Bonn
Looking back on over half a century of personal commitment to Native American and Canadian Indigenous Studies, I shall address the conflicted issue of German ‚Indianthusiasm‘ (deutsche Indianertümelei). Unlearning popular romantic stereotypes and racial prejudices may clear the way for a respectful and decolonizing approach, which heeds the claim by Native American, First Nation, Métis, and Inuit scholars and artists: „Nothing about us without us!“ Given the ecological disaster we are facing today, Europe and settler societies appear in dire need to learn from Indigenous knowledge keepers and storytellers to find ways for implementing Indigenous environmental ethics.