Afro-Swedish and Ojibwe-Canadian trauma life writings: storms from paradise, reasons for walking, and the opening of planetary circles of conversation

  • Following Spivak’s model of “crossing borders” and “planetarity”, this article compares two trauma life writings: Wab Kinew’s The Reason You Walk and Johannes Anyuru’s En storm kom från paradiset [A Storm Blew in from Paradise]. They negotiate transcultural identity construction and the intergenerational impact of colonialism, drawing respectively on Jewish philosophy of history, decolonization theory, and Indigenous Anishinaabe and Blackfoot worldviews. Deconstructing Eurowestern linear thinking, they reflect on the power of the moment and ongoing relational reciprocity. In this way, they embrace equity, diversity, and inclusion, and encourage planetary, transcultural, and decolonizing circles of conversation.

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Author:Juliane EgererGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-1120376
Frontdoor URLhttps://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/112037
ISSN:2816-5187OPAC
ISSN:0823-1796OPAC
Parent Title (English):Scandinavian-Canadian Studies
Publisher:University of Alberta Libraries
Place of publication:North York, ON
Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2023
Publishing Institution:Universität Augsburg
Release Date:2024/03/18
Volume:30
First Page:1
Last Page:35
DOI:https://doi.org/10.29173/scancan233
Institutes:Fakultätsübergreifende Institute und Einrichtungen
Fakultätsübergreifende Institute und Einrichtungen / Zentrum für LehrerInnenbildung und interdisziplinäre Bildungsforschung
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 37 Bildung und Erziehung / 370 Bildung und Erziehung
Licence (German):CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: Creative Commons: Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitung (mit Print on Demand)