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The goal of this research essay was to more deeply explore Eden Robinson's novel Trickster Drift which was discussed in FNIS 220; providing experience in academic research in the field of Indigenous representation. For this assignment, I wrote a paper that aimed to carefully unpack the nuanced and complicated ways in which Indigenous authors and media makers represent themselves and their communities within, against, and outside of settler colonialism. Writing this paper, I was interested in the literary separation between reality and fantasy – how it operates as a form of colonial violence, and what it means for it to be challenged. I attempt to show how Robinson’s work breaks down the distinction between reality and fantasy by both naturalizing the other-worldly and defamiliarizing western-scientific epistemologies.
- Opportunity to deeply engage with Indigenous literature
- Gained experience writing on a subject that directly challenges my understanding of western scientific concepts