Chewter, Erin

Project title: Braiding Theory for Transformative Change: Exploring the Intersections and Incommensurabilities of Critical and Indigenous Theory

Department: Germanic and Slavic Studies

Faculty supervisor: Dr. Elena Pnevmonidou

"My research is an attempt to put the theoretical traditions of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory in conversation with Indigenous-generated theories from across Turtle Island (North America) in order to illuminate any potential for radical “constellations of co-resistance” (Simpson, 2016) to colonial, gendered, and racialized oppressions. It will also seek to expose any historical and ongoing limitations of critical theory in addressing the particular mechanics of oppression within the settler-colonial context."