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Taiwan’s Contemporary Indigenous Peoples

2023

Author(s): Huang C, Davies D, Fell D

This edited volume provides a complete introduction to critical issues across the field of Indigenous peoples in contemporary Taiwan, from theoretical approaches to empirical analysis.

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An engaging guide for future best-practice, this book provides an illuminating account of how the innovative programs of education and research at one Centre for Aboriginal Studies made a demonstrably positive difference in the lives of Indigenous students.

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Digital Mapping and Indigenous America

2023

Author(s): Hess JB

Employing anthropology, field research, and humanities methodologies as well as digital cartography, and foregrounding the voices of Indigenous scholars, this text examines digital projects currently underway, and includes alternative modes of "mapping" Native American, Alaskan Native, Indigenous Hawaiian and First Nations land.

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Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic

2023

Author(s): Koivurova T, Broderstad E G, Dorothée Cambou, Dalee Dorough, Florian Stammler

This handbook brings together the expertise of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars to offer a comprehensive overview of issues surrounding the well-being, self-determination and sustainability of Indigenous peoples in the Arctic.

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This is an open access book. It is a compilation of case studies that provide useful knowledge and lessons that derive from on-the-ground activities and contribute to policy recommendations, focusing on the interlinkages between biodiversity and multiple dimensions of health (e.g., physical, mental, and spiritual) in managing socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS).

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Intercultural Approaches to Education: From Theory to Practice

2022

Author(s): Akkari A, Radhouane M

This book provides an analysis of contemporary societies and schools shaped by cultural diversity, globalization and migration. This diversity is necessarily reflected in education systems and requires the promotion of intercultural approaches able to improve learning processes and the quality of education.

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Indigenous Media Activism in Argentina

2022

Author(s): Belotti F

The book examines how media practices can help support and sustain Indigenous political and cultural activism and the process of identity self-ascription. It also addresses the complex negotiation between indigenizing media and assimilating the mainstream, as well as coping with other practical constraints.

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The Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Development

2022

Author(s): Ruckstuhl K, Nimatuj I A V, McNeish J A, Postero N

This handbook inverts the lens on development, asking what Indigenous communities across the globe hope and build for themselves. In contrast to earlier writing on development, this volume focuses on Indigenous peoples as inspiring theorists and potent political actors who resist the ongoing destruction of their livelihoods.

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Routledge Handbook of Critical Indigenous Studies

2022

Author(s): Hokowhitu B, Moreton-Robinson A, Tuhiwai-Smith L, Andersen C, Larkin S

The Routledge Handbook of Critical Indigenous Studies is the first comprehensive overview of the rapidly expanding field of Indigenous scholarship. The book is ambitious in scope, ranging across disciplines and national boundaries, with particular reference to the lived conditions of Indigenous peoples in the first world.

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This companion consists of chapters that focus on and bring forward critical theories and productive methodologies for Indigenous art history in North America.