Författare: SFIS Admin

Plats: Solidaritetshuset, Tegelviksgatan 40, Stockholm
När: Lördag 25 februari, kl. 14.00-16.00
För de som är intresserade kommer vi efteråt att äta middag tillsammans (självkostnad).

Indigenous men and masculinities: Indigenous scholars in Canada share their experiences – what is there to learn for the Sámi community?

This seminar will be a sharing of experiences and knowledges from Indigenous scholars in Canada, and with Sámi scholars and activists.The seminar is organized by Sameföreningen i Stockholm in collaboration with the Sámi Land Free University; the Technoscience research group at the Centre for Gender Research, Uppsala University, and Uppsam – the association for Sámi related research in Uppsala.

Moderator: Gunilla Larsson, member of Sameföreningen, researcher at Uppsala University, chair of Uppsam.

A Woman’s Work: Subject Positioning and the Indigenous Masculinities Scholar
Kim Anderson, University of Guelph, Ontario

In this presentation, the Kim will talk about her position within the emerging field of Indigenous masculinities (IM) to introduce larger questions of identity and subject positioning around the scholarship, community and social justice activity on Indigenous men and masculinities. She will contextualize this discussion with reference to the theoretical and community engaged underpinnings of Indigenous masculinities, which include Indigenous feminism and queer Indigenous theory. A review of the work in the field will highlight some of the tensions, possibilities, and future directions for Indigenous masculinities studies

“I Used to be So Loving and Generous”: Indigenous Male Violence Towards Indigenous Women
Robert Innes, University of Saskatchewan

Within the Indigenous community discussing Indigenous male violence towards Indigenous women is difficult. Nonetheless, some Indigenous men have begun to acknowledge the level of violence Indigenous men have perpetrated against Indigenous women. This presentation explores the ways in which some are talking about the violence they or other Indigenous men have committed against Indigenous women that challenges their notions of Indigenous masculinity as a means of taking on violence within our communities in hopes of building healthier families and futures.