Culture and GlobalizationSpace & Place II

Land, Natural Resources,and Settler Colonialism

February 20, 2013

Settler Colonialism

● What do we mean by colonialism and imperialism?

● What are we describing when we call globalization "neo-colonialism"?

● What does settler colonialism describe? How can we connect it specifically to our understandings of globalization?

Goldstein: Where the Nation Takes Place

● What are the main issues at stake in this article?

● How does the framework of "national sovereignty" come into play here?

● What fundamental questions about U.S. settler colonialism do these land struggles pose?

Waziyatawin: Paradox of Indigenous resurgence

● According to Waziyatawin, in what ways are environmental issues indigenous issues?

● How does this connect to the history of globalization, from early European colonialism on?

Uranium Mining

● How does this issue connect to the Goldstein and Waziyatawin articles?

● How does the excerpt from Ceremony depict this case?

● In what ways is uranium mining a good case study of the transition to globalization?

Uranium Mining

● How does this issue connect to the Goldstein and Waziyatawin articles?

● How does the excerpt from Ceremony depict this case?

● In what ways is uranium mining a good case study of the transition to globalization?○ military-industrial complex, Cold War, biological

regimes, colonialism, capitalist competition