Relationships, Reciprocity, and Responsibilities: Indigenous Studies in Archives and Beyond (deadline April 15)

Building on the collaborative, community-engaged work of the American Philosophical Society’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR), the APS Library & Museum launched The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI) in 2016 to foster the development of the next generation of Indigenous and allied students and scholars.

As part of its NASI initiative, CNAIR will host a three-day conference in Philadelphia on September 24-26, 2020. The conference, "Relationships, Reciprocity, and Responsibilities: Indigenous Studies in Archives and Beyond" will reflect new and emerging scholarship in Native American and Indigenous Studies and allied fields. Recent scholarship has emphasized the importance of relationships and relationship-building both with and within Indigenous communities; the significance of reciprocity in identifying, establishing, and maintaining community-based priorities; and an increased responsibility to decolonize scholarship, institutions, and collections.

The conference committee especially encourages proposals from campus and community-based scholars; members of Indigenous communities; library, archive, and museum professionals; and other scholars working in Native American and Indigenous Studies and allied fields.

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