Witnessing Encounters: A Response to Nicole Ineese- Nash’s “Ontologies of Welcoming”
Responding to Nicole Ineese-Nash’s beautiful offerings is exhilarating and humbling. “Ontologies of Welcoming” invites us to create openings that those of us who have been educated within a Western tradition are unequipped to do. Before writing, I read Nicole’s contribution more than 10 times, unsur...
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Educate
2021
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Online Access: | https://educate.bankstreet.edu/occasional-paper-series/vol2021/iss45/5 https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1418&context=occasional-paper-series |
Summary: | Responding to Nicole Ineese-Nash’s beautiful offerings is exhilarating and humbling. “Ontologies of Welcoming” invites us to create openings that those of us who have been educated within a Western tradition are unequipped to do. Before writing, I read Nicole’s contribution more than 10 times, unsure how to respond to it as a non-Indigenous scholar in Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, and Lenapewak and Attawandaron territory. Reluctant to appropriate knowledge that isn’t mine, I was aware that not responding for fear of implicating myself in ongoing colonization would be yet another way to enact my privilege. |
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