The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures explores the complexities of Indigenous life, ingenuity and identity in order to imagine futures in which Indigenous people are thriving. We consider Indigenous love, joy, intimacy, sexuality, identity, care, relationality, representation and digital life and how these might emerge and evolve in the future. Global Indigenous research conducted through this Centre opens up possibilities and opportunities for Indigenous futures.

 
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Themes

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Future worlds

This theme explores what futures for Indigenous people might look like, and how institutions, structures and systems can be transformed towards a just future. 

  • What a sustainable future might look like for Indigenous people

  • What future work, housing, home, social life, sovereignty and justice might look like for Indigenous people 

  • The future of global Indigenous networks

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Intimacies

This theme explores the complexity of Indigenous life and identity and uses this to understand future possibilities for Indigenous peoples. 

  • Who and what is 'Indigenous' and how might this change in the future?

  • Relations of care, reciprocity, obligation and responsibility

  • Indigenous queer identities and cultures

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Digital futures

This theme explores the many and varied ways in which Indigenous people use technology and how it is entangled in their lives. 

  • How technology can bring about Indigenous futures

  • The opportunities in digital life, including for global community, connections, redistributed power

  • The challenges of digital life, including surveillance, hate speech, violence

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