Episode 7: Indigenous Times and Temporalities

Keri and Michel talk about Indigenous temporalities and the case for ‘Time Back’ with scholars Frida Buhre, Catherine Dussault and Matthew Scobie. 

Hosts and Guests

• Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK)
• Michel Alhadeff-Jones (Executive Director, Sunkhronos Institute, Switzerland)
• Frida Buhre (is Sami and Swedish, Assistant Professor in Literature and Rhetoric, University of Uppsala, Norway)
• Catherine Dussault (is a member of the Wendat First nation and Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada)
• Matthew Scobie (is Ngāi Tahu and Senior Lecturer, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, TE WHARE WĀNANGA O WAITAHA)

Summary

In this episode, Keri & Michel explore the question of Indigenous temporalities with leading Indigenous scholars Frida Buhre, Catherine Dussault and Matthew Scobie - exploring how they are making the case for ‘time back’ alongside Indigenous calls for ‘land back’ in Sami, Maori and Nunavik territories. They explore the way that treaties structure and construct particular times, the role of storytelling as temporal intergenerational practice, and the importance of disrupting linear temporal frames in processes of knowledge production. 

References & Resources Mentioned

• Frida Buhre’s paper referenced is ‘Braiding Time, Sami Temporalities for Indigenous Justice’
• Linnea Axelsson’s book is  ‘Aednan’
• Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, see in particular: ‘A Theory of Water’ 
• Mamadou Diouff
• Paper by Matthew Scobie, Frida Buhre & Catherine Dussault on ‘Time back’ is published in the journal ‘Time & Society’
• Nick Estes’s book: ‘Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance’
• Labba’s artwork

External Links

• The Times of a Just Transition - Global Convening Programme: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/the-times-of-a-just-transition/
• Sunkhronos Institute: https://www.sunkhronos.org/
• The Temporal Imagination: https://www.temporalimagination.org

The Temporal Imagination Podcast is supported by

• British Academy “The Times of a Just Transition” Global Convening Programme
• Sunkhronos Institute
• The School of Education, University of Bristol
• The Sarchi Chair in Global Change and Social Learning, Rhodes University

Credits

• Hosts: Keri Facer & Michel Alhadeff-Jones 
• Audio/video editing: Sarah Van Borek, Michel Alhadeff-Jones, Keri Facer
• Artwork: Harriet Hand
• Music: Briony Greenhill, “Die Every Day” 
• Recorded and edited with Riverside.fm and Adobe Premiere

To watch the video recording of this podcast (which includes closed captions), go to: https://www.youtube.com/@institutsunkhronos/podcasts