Skip to Main Content
Frequently Asked Questions
Submit an ETD
Global Search Box
Need Help?
Keyword Search
Participating Institutions
Advanced Search
School Logo
Files
File List
Dale_final.pdf (4.88 MB)
Supplemental Files
File List
Author_Introduction_Norman_Dale_Dissertation.mp4
(8.17 MB)
ETD Abstract Container
Abstract Header
Decolonizing the Empathic Settler Mind: An Autoethnographic Inquiry
Author Info
Dale, Norman George
Permalink:
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1413921151
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2014, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
Abstract
Public and scholarly analysis of the troubled relations of Natives and non-Natives (settlers) has been predominantly directed to the former, long-framed as “the Indian Problem.” This dissertation takes the different stance of focusing on the mind-sets of settlers and their society in perpetuating the trans-historical trauma and injustice resulting from foundational acts of dispossession. The approach is autoethnographic: after considering the settler world in which I grew up, critical episodes and developments in my career working with British Columbian First Nations are described and analyzed. This includes working with Kwakwaka’wakw, Haida, Wuikinuxv, Nuxalk and Lheidli T’enneh Nations over a 25-year period. I also look closely at my friendship with a Gitxsan artist, which painfully surfaced our differences and the dangerous colonial practice of settlers’ telling indigenous life stories. Critical themes and learning drawn from this account indicate both some pitfalls and opportunities for empathic settlers to decolonize their minds and actions and thereby contribute to the broader decolonization story of the settler state of Canada. The electronic version of this Dissertation is at Ohiolink ETD Center, http://etd.ohiolink.edu and AURA http://aura.antioch.edu/ A video introduction by the author accompanies this document.
Committee
Philomena Essed, Ph.D (Committee Chair)
Carolyn Kenny, Ph.D (Committee Member)
Lorenzo Veracini, Ph.D (Committee Member)
Gabriele Schwab, Ph.D. (Other)
Pages
380 p.
Subject Headings
Canadian Studies
;
Native Studies
;
Natural Resource Management
Keywords
Autoethnography
;
Native Americans
;
Settlers
;
Settler Colonialism
;
Decolonization
;
British Columbia
;
First Nations, Reconciliation
;
Native-Non-Native Relations
;
Canada
Recommended Citations
Refworks
EndNote
RIS
Mendeley
Citations
Dale, N. G. (2014).
Decolonizing the Empathic Settler Mind: An Autoethnographic Inquiry
[Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1413921151
APA Style (7th edition)
Dale, Norman.
Decolonizing the Empathic Settler Mind: An Autoethnographic Inquiry.
2014. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1413921151.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Dale, Norman. "Decolonizing the Empathic Settler Mind: An Autoethnographic Inquiry." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1413921151
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
Abstract Footer
Document number:
antioch1413921151
Download Count:
6,198
Copyright Info
© 2014, all rights reserved.
This open access ETD is published by Antioch University and OhioLINK.