Abstract
A collective of three intergenerational and intersectional educators engage in anti-colonial and/or decolonial processes of composting colonial distortions through Land-based conceptualizations of Critical Family History. Engaging in spiral discourse through Critical Personal Narratives, the authors theorize critical family history, Land-based learning, and Indigenous decolonial and anti-settler colonial frameworks. Using a process of unsettling reflexivity to analyze and interrupt settler colonial logics, the authors share their storied journeys, lessons learned and limitations for the cultivation of Critical Land-based Family History.
Highlights
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As we are currently still engaged in this process, we share our experience with hopes for transformation and the possibilities of readers to be inspired to engage with Critical Land-based Family History
As we present our theoretical foundations and processes, we ask that, rather than search for a template to engage in Critical Land-Based Family History (CLFH), you resonate and grapple with the work of the many scholars, poets and philosophers who are informing our storied journeys
Summary
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