Over the past decade Canadian sociology has engaged in spirited debates on the sociology of sociological research, but it has barely begun to address its relation to Indigenous theorizing, scholarship and politics. How does the discipline deal with the settler colonial history and current realities of Indigenous social lives? And where is the place in our field for Indigenous voices and perspectives?
We situate the presence of Indigeneity in Canadian sociology journals in the sociopolitical context of the time and examine how imperialism, statism and damage are oriented within the two journals. Most importantly, we challenge the silence in the discipline’s intellectual frames and research programs with respect to Indigenous theorizing about the social world.
PhD
Professor Emeritus, Sociology
Areas of interest: Big data, Climate, water & sustainability, Community based research, Comparative politics, Political sociology, Politics & history, Prisons, Social inequality
Professor, Sociology Professor, Social Psychology
Areas of interest: Political sociology & social movements, Race & ethnicity, Social psychology
Associate Professor, Sociology Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies
Paul R. MacPherson Chair in Indigenous Studies Member, McMaster Indigenous Research Institute (MIRI) Acting Chair, Indigenous Studies
Watts, V., Hooks, G. and McLaughlin, N. (2020), A Troubling Presence: Indigeneity in English-Language Canadian Sociology. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 57: 7-33. Available online here