Module 1: Acknowledging How We’re Starting
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Story and Expertise
In this module, we started to look at re-storying experience, acknowledging our experiences of land, bodies, and relationships. Many Indigenous scholars do not write about the experience of disability. The following media moment and reflection offers an opportunity to think about why.
Media Moment
Time: 18 minutes, 35 seconds
Watch the following video here, access it at the link below, or the transcript.
Indigenous Knowledge to Close Gaps in Indigenous Health | Marcia Anderson-DeCoteau | TEDxUManitoba
After watching the video or reading the transcript, reflect on the following questions:
- How does the talk address racism and colonialism? What are some of the examples raised?
- How is expertise framed in this video? What knowledges are upheld and what knowledges are subsumed?
- Disability experience is not explicitly referenced in this video; why do you think this is? (Note: We’ll come back to this question in Module 3).
- What new language did you learn through this video, or anywhere in this module?
