setting the tone

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acknowledging
the territories
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contextualizing
space & place
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sounds of
reflection
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colonialism
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key features:

A hierarchy of relations of power exists between two

populations: one indigenous to the land, one nonindigenous to the land.

The indigenous population is subordinated by the nonindigenous population.

Subordination can take the form of the political, social,

cultural, and material.

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The circular formation of

colonial narratives
2) interactions with
exotic locale &
people coupled
with simultaneous
exploitation and
subjugation

1) outward movement
from one location to another

3) a final return to the original locale

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conceptualizing &
defining settler
colonialism
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what differentiates settler colonialism from

COLONIALISM
While colonialism is geared
towards the continuation of a
specific dichotomy between the
colonizer and the colonized
which subjugates the colonized
indigenous population, settler
colonialism seeks to totally
supersede and take the place of
the people and lands being
colonized.
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The endless progressivism of settler

colonial narrative
Settler colonialism lacks the possibility of a clearly
decolonizing moment or an end to the colonization.
With settler-colonialism there can be only one
narrative in which the settlers/colonizers move
forward on a path of further extinction and
assimilation of indigenous peoplestheir life ways,
autonomy and identities.

SETTLER COLONIALISM IS AN ULTIMATE ACT OF

COLONIALISM
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no return.
Different historic, political and structural relationships occur when the
colonizers do not leave.
In colonial states, colonizers go out to the colonies and then return
home in the circular movement. In settler colonialism there is no return
to home.
Thus the goal becomes:

the transformation and maintenance

of the new colony/ies into home
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Unlike other forms of colonialism where the colonizer returns to their

home place after profiting, with settler colonialism the land itself
becomes the profit.

Territoriality is the specific irreducible

element of settler colonialism.
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what does
colonization
sound like?
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so-called
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border
imperialism
harsha walia
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what do bordering
practices do?
Delineate zones of ACCESS,
INCLUSION, and PRIVILEGE from
zones of INVISIBILITY, EXCLUSION
& DEATH.
Everywhere that bordering and ordering practices proliferate they
reinforce an ENCLOSURE OF THE COMMONS and maintain apartheid
relations & power dynamics at the political, economic, social, and
psychological levels.
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Capital > People

Capitaland the transnationalization

of its production & consumptionis
freely mobile across borders

People are displaced as a

consequence of the ravages of
neoliberalism & imperialism

Displaced, racialized, people are

constructed as demographic threats

They experience limited and highly

controlled mobility

Border imperialism
depicts the processes by which
the violences & precarities
of displacement & migration
are structurally created
as well as maintained.
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Borders are concurrently:

transgressed: when extending the reach of empire
& fortified: when policing the territorial center

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border imperialism

mass displacement of
impoverished & colonized peoples
resulting from asymmetrical relations of
global power
& securitization of border against same
migrants displaced by capitalism &
empire
concurrent and

the criminalization of migration

state mediated exploitation

of migrant labor

overlapping
structures

severe discipline & punishment

for those who are deemed
illegal & alien

akin to servitude
by capitalist interests

entrenchment of a racialized
hierarchy of citizenship

arbitrates who legitimately does

and does not constitute the nation
state

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a section of the U.S. & MExico

border running through
tohono Oodham nation territory
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the tohono oodham nation

Weve always been here.
Nobody can argue that we
werent here first.

-Amy Juan, activist, poet

& member of Tohono Oodham Nation

one of many nations whose territories and

communities have been devastated by the
imposition of colonial borders and their
subsequent militarization.
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do borders make
sounds?
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the nonprofit
industrial
complex
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a complex system of relationships between

the state

the owning classes

local & federal

government

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reproduction of
capitalism &
settler colonialism

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greenwashing
green
capitalism
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green capitalism?

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COP21
climate clusterfuck

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environmental
racism
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smart phones
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quinoa
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wind turbines
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bautou - inner mongolia autonomous region, China

the rare earth capital of

the world
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prisons
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prison industrial
complex
There are more African Americans under
correctional control today in prison or jail, on
probation, or parole than were enslaved in
1850, over a 100 years before the Civil War.

-Michelle Alexander

the prison industrial complex is a44modern day extension of slavery.

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it takes a lot of
sounds to build
a pipeline
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feeling angry
yet?
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how about
guilty?
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lets talk about

power.
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a few things on
how to (& not to)
use your voice
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self representation &

standpoint theory

People most targeted by oppressive factors & systems are in the

best position to both lead and make sense of and describe the
violences they face on a structural level. Their voices should be
centered and respected at all times.

Is room being made to allow people who are most impacted to

represent themselves and their struggles in the ways that they
choose? Or is that room being taken up by others?

patricia
hill collins

ALLIES When Criticized or Called Out:

Listen, Apologize, Act Accountably,50and Act Differently Going Forward
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your voice is a weapon!

use it with care.
use your voice to advocate for yourself, others, a group
you belong to, a group you dont belong to, or a cause.

engage in uncomfortable, unsettling, & challenging

Debates & discussions.

Dont be a gatekeeper! When you have access to

information and resources, tell others!
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material support &

other resources
be pro-active in offering support
take initiative for self-education
teach your friends & family about the things you

learn.
use your schools resources to connect people with
information
use your schools resources to bring speakers who need
funding
use your schools resources to send money & supplies to
communities engaged in self defense
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www.submedia.tv

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Youre at the coffee shop waiting for your friend to finally show up and
just over the sound of the music in your headphones you overhear an
interaction happening nearby. Someone on a laptop is being harassed
for their appearance/gender/race/perceived sexuality etc.
What are some common excuses you have heard or
given to excuse/justify inaction?
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its not my business, not my problem.

nobody else is doing anything, why

should i have to?

what i say probably wont really make
a difference anyways.
its not really that big of a deal though.
well, what am i supposed to do?
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quick ways to take action

when somethings up
are you
alright?
check in with the person being targeted.
you ok?

one

STOP!

leave
them alone!

two confront the harasser.

three distract the harasser.

hey, can you tell me

how to get to the
closest train?

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tone policing is
basically
inevitable
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tone policing
is a silencing tactic!
emotionality vs. content

who defines the terms?

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tone policing suggests that

one

the only productive conversation is calm

conversation

conversations are debates with two or

more sides being presented calmly, equally,
& neutrally
conversations m
ust always driv
solutions & emot
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ionality is a hind
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that

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