International Relations and Contemporary Artwork: Canadian Settler Colonialism, Indigenous Self-Determination, and Decolonizing Visuality

• Main Author: Merson, Emily Hannah
• Other Authors: Agathangelou, Anna M.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Political Science; International relations; International relations theory; Contemporary artwork; Power; Violence; Sovereignty; Knowledge production; Visual art; Visuality; Decolonization; Canada; Settler colonialism; Indigenous self-determination; Commodification; Imagination; Transnational feminism; Dane; anishina*; Dane-zaa; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10315/29958

In this project I analyze the international dimensions of sovereignty, political self-determination, and creative self-expression by Indigenous contemporary artists in the context of Canadian settler colonialism. My key research question is: how does the conventional International Relations (IR) ima...