Aandaxjoon Allen
43:56 - 44:12
“I ultimately argue that the deep relationships with place and with our ancestors and descendants precedes and will outlast to the forms of futurity of the settler colonial state and of oil and corporate futurity.”
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- Aandaxjoon Allen
- Timestamp
- 43:56 – 44:12
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- Alaska News
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From the transcript
And essentially, this was established partially through attention to Tlingit temporality. So this concept of haax'u kaal, past and future. Our presence in the past allows us to project our presence into the future. So as a result of this, Tlingit temporality was represented, at least in some form, in the scenarios. However, our forms of futurity also exceeds the boundaries of this scenario planning process, and I ultimately argue that the deep relationships with place and with our ancestors and descendants precedes and will outlast to the forms of futurity of the settler colonial state and of oil and corporate futurity.
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