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Whetung, Madeline

University of British Columbia

This dissertation asks: how do we build a world whose foundations are accountability to one another, and end violence in all its forms? Drawing upon Nishnaabeg stories, and my own embodied knowledge gained through living and participating in community within Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg territory, interviews with fellow self-identified queer people who share the territory, the embodied processes of birth and family building in a queer inter-racial and inter-cultural relationship, and the teachings of shorelines, I propose a guiding ethic that builds a world oriented towards creation. The first chapter charts my journey to and through this research, traces the methodology and methods used, and offers context for theorizations within and outside the academy. Chapter Two returns to Nishnaabeg territory to explicate the conceptual guidance offered by shorelines as an ecosystem and relational space between us and others. In Chapter Three, I examine the concept of creation through the Nishnaabeg creation story and my own embodied learnings in and through creation. In the final chapter, I examine embodied practices across scales, considering the ways that these practices engage us in creating the worlds that we want to build, and the types of values that can be embodied in building a world without violence.

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2023-12-12

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86942

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University of British Columbia

UBCV

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