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Book SynopsisLife against States of Emergency responds to the central question Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence asked in a high-profile ceremonial fast: What does it mean to be in a treaty relationship today?
Trade Review"Life Against States of Emergency is … refreshingly personable … enlivened by Wiebe’s dialogic approach to research and writing … Wiebe makes a deep contribution to critical policy conversations on Indigenous resurgence and futurities in Canada, Indigenous/settler relations, and Treaty-making and remaking."
-- Rebecca Hall * Critical Policy Studies *
"Wiebe – a settler scholar and writer-activist – is an immensely gifted storyteller … Life Against States of Emergency has arrived at a crucial point for the field of environmental politics, reminding us to recenter relationships as foundational to meaningful engagement with the politics of planetary justice. In doing so, we can better imagine and create alternative ways of being in the world."
-- Hannah Ascough, Queen's University * Environmental Politics *
Table of ContentsForeword: Nanabush and the Emergence of Butterflies / Lindsay Keegitah Borrows
Preface
Introduction: “You Are Treaty, Too”
1 Artistic Movements for Alternative Decolonial Futures
2 Creative Engagement through Mixed Media Storytelling
3 Chief Spence’s Story
4 Community Voices: Reimagining Attawapiskat
5 Discursive Responses to Attawapiskat, Chief Spence, and the Hunger Strike
6 Treaties Are Alive
7 Fleshing Out New Directions for Environmental Justice
Afterword: Emergency Feelings – Reflections on the Body Politics of Sudden and Slow Emergencies
Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index
