Fourth International Conference June 29 July 2, 2002, Tampere, Finland

As a part of the international biannual Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference we would like to organize a session that concentrates on discussing different aspects and forms of Indigenous resistance.

Indigenous peoples in countries and regions such as Australia, North America, New Zealand and Scandinavia have, for centuries, used different forms and strategies of resistance in struggles with their colonial and settler populations. This session will explore some of the myriad forms of resistance taken by (or 'about') Indigenous people, whether subtle or provocative, legal or illegal, cultural or purely political.

The session will be broad in scope, and we invite papers from indigenous studies, anthropology, sociology, history and geography. We are particularly interested in papers that explore the construction of identity through resistance and activism. We also welcome papers addressing such questions as how have resistance movements changed over time? How have people made use of space, place and scale? How have the changes brought about by an increasingly 'globalized' world changed indigenous resistance strategies?

For Further information on Crossroads Cultural Studies conference see http://www.crossroads2002.com

Please send proposals for papers by 18 February 2002 to one of the session organizers. Proposals should include name/s, affiliations and 150-word abstract.