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<p>This article critiques narrow conceptions of sovereignty, while holding up Indigenous practices of sovereign place making and creative relational sovereign enactment. I come into this contestation by thinking through creative acts of sovereignty as a generative praxis. Informed by these practices offers a new way of thinking about sovereignty as practiced, generative and relational. Grounded practices of Indigenous peoples in Denendeh (Northwest Territories, Canada) and the authors own experience as a settler living and working in Denendeh, this article also offers a space to think through ‘refusability’ as relational response.</p>
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This article critiques narrow conceptions of sovereignty, while holding up Indigenous practices of sovereign place making and creative relational sovereign enactment. I come into this contestation by thinking through creative acts of sovereignty as a generative praxis. Informed by these practices offers a new way of thinking about sovereignty as practiced, generative and relational. Grounded practices of Indigenous peoples in Denendeh (Northwest Territories, Canada) and the authors own experience as a settler living and working in Denendeh, this article also offers a space to think through ‘refusability’ as relational response.

Generative Refusal: Creative Practice and Relational Indigenous Sovereignty

Borderlands Journal

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This article critiques narrow conceptions of sovereignty, while holding up Indigenous practices of sovereign place making and creative relational sovereign...

Generative Refusal: Creative Practice and Relational Indigenous Sovereignty

Published Online: Mar 11, 2021

Page range: 157 - 171

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/borderlands-2020-013

Keywords
Sovereignty, Indigenous, Refusal, Canada, Colonialism

© 2020 Kelsey R Wrightson published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Generative Refusal: Creative Practice and Relational Indigenous Sovereignty

Published Online: Mar 11, 2021

Page range: 157 - 171

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/borderlands-2020-013

KeywordsSovereignty, Indigenous, Refusal, Canada, Colonialism

© 2020 Kelsey R Wrightson published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Sovereignty, Indigenous, Refusal, Canada, Colonialism