*We need to wake up to this and stop acting as though our justification systems are reality. They are networks of propositions that we use to make sense of is and ought. We need to be able to take off our “justification system glasses” and look at them, rather than always looking through them. One great way to do that is to have contact with people who live in fundamentally different systems of justification. * 100%, Gregg On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 7:01 AM Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Joe, > > > > Thanks much for sharing this. *I encourage everyone to read this > announcement.* We live in our times and worldviews much as fish live in > water. (I think Rob Scott will be making this point in his upcoming TOK > Community presentation). From a UTOK perspective we can immediately “grok” > this by realizing that human Cultures are systems of justification that > coordinate practices and the intersubjective lives of people. They create > the landscape of justification/propositional knowledge/language games that > then guide and regulate participation and procedural knowledge in the world > (which consists of both nature and the material cultural artefacts > generated by the society). > > > > We need to wake up to this and stop acting as though our justification > systems are reality. They are networks of propositions that we use to make > sense of is and ought. We need to be able to take off our “justification > system glasses” and look at them, rather than always looking through them. > One great way to do that is to have contact with people who live in > fundamentally different systems of justification. > > > > As summarized in this post > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_blog_theory-2Dknowledge_201910_5-2Dphases-2Din-2Dthe-2Devolution-2Dhuman-2Dcultural-2Dsensibilities&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=bxPy9JZzvEuL4TK4FlJJQA87tmgyIamk4RXx85Qf0wo&s=w26-MSPFtNF97-yVn58cHX88yX3wsmMiHyUhjelcTco&e= > > that reviews Lene Rachel Andersen’s excellent analysis offered in *Metamodernity: > Meaning and Hope in a Complex World*, we need to appreciate the different > worldviews/sensibilities that have emerged over the course of human > cultural evolution. That includes the oral/indigenous, the pre-modern > formal, the modern, and the postmodern. The sensibility we need in the 21 > st Century is a metamodern frame of mind that includes the best of each > of these mindsets and transcends them in a more coherent, integrative and > pluralistic vision of being. > > > > Best, > Gregg > > > > *From:* tree of knowledge system discussion < > [log in to unmask]> *On Behalf Of *Chance McDermott > *Sent:* Friday, October 9, 2020 9:07 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: Fw: Oct 23 Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience, and the > Environment - invitation > > > > *CAUTION: *This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click links > or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is > safe. > ------------------------------ > > This looks awesome > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 7:27 PM Joseph Michalski <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > *CAUTION: *This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click links > or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is > safe. > ------------------------------ > > Hi folks. If you have any interest in the ontological foundations of > Indigenous knowledge claims, my university has a colloquium series that > we're conducting via Zoom this year. See below for the synopsis for Dr. Kim > Tallbear's talk scheduled for Oct. 23 and the zoom link to attend. Best, > -Joe > > > > > Department of Sociology > Indigenous Studies > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ssc.uwo.ca_&d=DwMGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=gvWP-e5zIXkKGbvdeCjZV4gxBOUs1jlLUgqglz9MhGg&s=C9W0Pt0pudWhG6wOSPIl4iDBsjHHmPbK5OIuBuRcAc8&e=> > > 2020-2021 Sociology Colloquium Series > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sociology.uwo.ca_about-5Fus_events_sociology-5Fcolloquia.html&d=DwMGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=gvWP-e5zIXkKGbvdeCjZV4gxBOUs1jlLUgqglz9MhGg&s=kYvmkNbyfZK0IZ8Z-_s-Q_r7ausuucNf_8FkfHu9LcY&e=> > Science v. the Sacred, a Dead-end Settler Ontology -- And Then What? > > *11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Friday, Oct 23* > *A virtual event on Zoom* > > Settler-colonial society works hard to separate so-called spirituality > from the material. This worldview inhibits settler society grasping > Indigenous knowledges as knowledge based on centuries of observations and > intimate relations with other-than-human relatives. Instead, Indigenous > peoples are viewed as exceedingly “spiritual,” and dominant scientific > traditions (including the social sciences and humanities) tend to denigrate > Indigenous understandings of the world as beliefs rather than knowledges. > The knowledge/belief divide stems from a hierarchy of life that the > sciences share with major religious traditions. Within this understanding > of sentience and agency, some humans rank above others, and humans rank > above other life forms. More recently, thinkers such as the “new > materialists” and multi-species ethnographers commit themselves to > understanding other-than-humans in less hierarchical and more “vibrant” or > agential, if still secular terms. But that “ontological turn,” while > fascinating, may not be a sufficiently encouraging response in this moment > of settler-colonial existential crisis. For those paying attention, > Indigenous worldviews compel and edify. That is not to say that Indigenous > understandings of the world can save settler society from itself. > Non-Indigenous people must learn to live well together here, and it does > not look good. Nonetheless, in an act of edification, I bring Indigenous > ideas of being in good relation into conversation with the more sensible > ideas of thinkers working within the settler state academy. > > > > Dr. Kim TallBear > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__kimtallbear.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=gvWP-e5zIXkKGbvdeCjZV4gxBOUs1jlLUgqglz9MhGg&s=21Li1dZ9pOFFO-L6ZCi7SM47PmJY9WdUH9itjXLrkVc&e=> > > CRC in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Environment > Faculty of Native Studies > University of Alberta > > Kim TallBear is Associate Professor, Faculty of Native Studies, University > of Alberta, and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience > & Environment. She is also a Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellow. Dr. > TallBear is the author of Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the > False Promise of Genetic Science. > > Building on her research on the role of technoscience in settler > colonialism, Dr. TallBear also studies the colonization of Indigenous > sexuality. She is a regular commentator in US, Canadian, and UK media > outlets on issues related to Indigenous peoples, science, and technology as > well as Indigenous sexualities. She is a regular panelist on the weekly > podcast, Media Indigena. She is a citizen of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate in > South Dakota. > > Everyone welcome. 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