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Subaltern Speaks: Decolonizing Spirituality

Multi-Faith Center at the University of Toronto

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Subaltern Speaks explores the legacies of colonialism on the religion and spiritualities of colonized peoples, otherwise known as the “Subaltern” in Post-Colonial Studies, and how they have and continue to challenge these legacies through art, activism, academia, and other cultural and social mechanisms. Through meaningful conversations with leading thinkers, academics, activists, artists and spiritual leaders in our community and beyond, we seek to dismantle how colonialism and decolonizati ...
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This great conversation on Indigeneity is from a couple of years ago and it just keeps being relevant. Being Indigenous is an analytic, not an identity. We need to talk about that. Photo by Rochelle Brown on Unsplash Patty (00:00:01): You're listening to medicine for the resistance Patty (00:00:04): Troy was so smart last time, and this could only …
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This great conversation on Indigeneity is from a couple of years ago and it just keeps being relevant. Being Indigenous is an analytic, not an identity. We need to talk about that. Patty (00:00:01): You're listening to medicine for the resistance Patty (00:00:04): Troy was so smart last time, and this could only be better with Joy here. Joy: God we…
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Join host, Christina Shivtahal and author, Patty Krawec in the second part of this two-part episode as they discuss fundamental aspects of Anishinaabe cosmology beyond the historical and linear system of Western Christian theology. Previously recorded in March 2022, this important conversation explores strategies in mitigating colonial harm and dis…
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Join host, Christina Shivtahal and author, Patty Krawec in the first part of this two-part episode as they discuss fundamental aspects of Anishinaabe cosmology beyond the historical and linear system of Western Christian theology. Previously recorded in March 2022, this important conversation explores strategies in mitigating colonial harm and dism…
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Patty I come across the coolest people on Twitter. And one of those cool people is Zoe Todd, who is the fish philosopher, and I love that. And another thing that I love I was going through, we have a questionnaire because you know, of course we do. And one of the things that Zoe mentions in the questionnaire because I asked, you know, what kind of …
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Patty I come across the coolest people on Twitter. And one of those cool people is Zoe Todd, who is the fish philosopher, and I love that. And another thing that I love I was going through, we have a questionnaire because you know, of course we do. And one of the things that Zoe mentions in the questionnaire because I asked, you know, what kind of …
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Patty Krawec so I just finished reading The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein so then when I came across Hilding, came across Hilding a few weeks ago about Indigenous stargazing. Mi’kmaq astronomer and tell us about yourself and about Indigenous stargazing. Hilding Neilson Yeah, so I'm Hilding, I'm Mi’kmaq and settler from a group in Ne…
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Patty Krawec so I just finished reading The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein so then when I came across Hilding, came across Hilding a few weeks ago about Indigenous stargazing. Mi’kmaq astronomer and tell us about yourself and about Indigenous stargazing. Hilding Neilson Yeah, so I'm Hilding, I'm Mi’kmaq and settler from a group in Ne…
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Join host, Yasamin Jameh and guest, Dr. Jeff Wilson, as they explore the popularity of mindfulness in the West and how this trend contributes to appropriation of Asian Buddhist cultures. This episode unpacks how mindfulness was introduced in the West and how it gradually became detached from Buddhism to make it more appealing and marketable to West…
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Angela: You I have I've had troubles with the word microaggression, I've had troubles with it for quite some time. We hear, I think I've been hearing it more and more over the last few years in particular, the last year, I've been hearing it a lot more in the workplace. And because people are trying to be woke or aware, but the reality of living it…
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Angela: You I have I've had troubles with the word microaggression, I've had troubles with it for quite some time. We hear, I think I've been hearing it more and more over the last few years in particular, the last year, I've been hearing it a lot more in the workplace. And because people are trying to be woke or aware, but the reality of living it…
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Black and Indigenous Solidarities With Robert Warrior Patty: So we're here with Robert Warrior. And so funny story, Kerry, I'm reading this book Crossing Waters Crossing Worlds by Tiya Miles. It was for Aambe book club, History a couple of months ago back in February, and I can't and, as happens a lot of times, you know, when I'm reading books or e…
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Black and Indigenous Solidarities With Robert Warrior Patty: So we're here with Robert Warrior. And so funny story, Kerry, I'm reading this book Crossing Waters Crossing Worlds by Tiya Miles. It was for Aambe book club, History a couple of months ago back in February, and I can't and, as happens a lot of times, you know, when I'm reading books or e…
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Please note this episode deals with sexuality and sexual violence and may not be suitable for all listeners. Some material may be triggering. If you do find yourself triggered or having difficulty, please contact your local rape crisis center. If you need assistance locating support, please use RAINN.org in the US and Ending Violence in Canada to l…
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Please note this episode deals with sexuality and sexual violence and may not be suitable for all listeners. Some material may be triggering. If you do find yourself triggered or having difficulty, please contact your local rape crisis center. If you need assistance locating support, please use RAINN.org in the US and Ending Violence in Canada to l…
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Patty: So we're here talking Deondre Smiles about Indigenous geographies. And I took like grade 10 geography that was the extent of my geography training, which means I learned about glacial movement and labeling rivers and all of that stuff. But I mean, first off, just the idea of Indigenous geographies from a land bank perspective is really inter…
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the land is my ancestor Patty So, anyway, so we're here with Keolu Fox. Chanda had made this comment, quoting you about the land is my ancestor, and that is a scientific statement. And she was just completely taken by that comment. And then so was I. And that's really all I've been thinking about. Because it's just such a, it's just such a neat way…
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Join host Christina Shivtahal and guest, Karimah Rahman, founder of The Muslim Indo-Caribbean Collective (MICC) and The Muslim Indentureship Studies Center (MISC) as they unpack Muslim Indo-Caribbean representation in the Caribbean and diaspora in Canada. Against the backdrop of Indian indentureship in the 19th and 20th century, this episode explor…
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Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere With Dr. Paulette Steeves Patty Krawec We're here with Dr. Paulette Steves. Josh Manitowabi made a remark that the Anishinaabe word Giiwedin contains the idea of going home. And that what it was referring to was the glaciers, that the glaciers were going home. And this is knowledge that's contained w…
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Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere With Dr. Paulette Steeves Patty Krawec We're here with Dr. Paulette Steves. Josh Manitowabi made a remark that the Anishinaabe word Giiwedin contains the idea of going home. And that what it was referring to was the glaciers, that the glaciers were going home. And this is knowledge that's contained w…
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In this episode, join host Yasamin Jameh and guest Kalpesh Bhatt as they unpack the discourses on the origins of Hinduism, and the use of the term Hinduism to denote identity and religion. Furthermore, they explore how these ideas are tied to discussions of colonialism and national identity. Kalpesh Bhatt is a PhD candidate in the Department for th…
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Join hosts Yasamin Jameh and Christina Shivtahal for Season 2 of University of Toronto's Multi-Faith Centre podcast, Subaltern Speaks: Decolonizing Spirituality. This season Christina and Yasamin are talking with guests including scholars and activists to unpack meanings of religion, the impact of the British rule on South Asian spiritualities and …
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Helen Knott joins us to talk about her memoir In My Own Moccasins. It is a story of trauma and recovery, of relapse and recovery, love and persistence and becoming a matriarch. Not all of our societies were matriachal, that is a very particular style of governance, but being a matriarch is more than that. It is taking on a role in a family, in a co…
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Helen Knott joins us to talk about her memoir In My Own Moccasins. It is a story of trauma and recovery, of relapse and recovery, love and persistence and becoming a matriarch. Not all of our societies were matriachal, that is a very particular style of governance, but being a matriarch is more than that. It is taking on a role in a family, in a co…
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The scene is familiar. A small child lies on a beach with his head towards the ocean and feet on dry sand. The image of Alan Kurdi, a three year old Kurdish Syrian boy has become part of the global psyche and in his book, What Strange Paradise, Omar El Akkad begins with the same image. But in this version Amir is a few years older. And he gets up. …
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The scene is familiar. A small child lies on a beach with his head towards the ocean and feet on dry sand. The image of Alan Kurdi, a three year old Kurdish Syrian boy has become part of the global psyche and in his book, What Strange Paradise, Omar El Akkad begins with the same image. But in this version Amir is a few years older. And he gets up. …
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Racism has re-created the world in Black and white, with Black inscribed as perpetually dangerous and white as the goal of progress and civilization. Colorism is how this plays out within categories of race and ethnic communities, darker skin associated with the qualities ascribed to Blackness and people with lighter skin seen as more credible, mor…
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Racism has re-created the world in Black and white, with Black inscribed as perpetually dangerous and white as the goal of progress and civilization. Colorism is how this plays out within categories of race and ethnic communities, darker skin associated with the qualities ascribed to Blackness and people with lighter skin seen as more credible, mor…
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Racism re-created the world as Black and White, with Black at the bottom of the social hierarchy and white at the top. Others were added to the spaces between with darker skin associated with Blackness, even within communities seen as white. This conversation with Erica Williams and Amber Starks unpacks the ways in which we have internalized coloni…
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Racism re-created the world as Black and White, with Black at the bottom of the social hierarchy and white at the top. Others were added to the spaces between with darker skin associated with Blackness, even within communities seen as white. This conversation with Erica Williams and Amber Starks unpacks the ways in which we have internalized coloni…
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Borders are more than the lines between countries. States like Canada, the US, Australia, and Europe increasingly push their borders into other countries, tying foreign aid to agreements for preventing migrants from even getting to our borders. And the violence that creates is hidden from view. This conversation with Harsha Walia is difficult and l…
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Borders are more than the lines between countries. States like Canada, the US, Australia, and Europe increasingly push their borders into other countries, tying foreign aid to agreements for preventing migrants from even getting to our borders. And the violence that creates is hidden from view. This conversation with Harsha Walia is difficult and l…
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Our conversation with Dr. Tope Adefarakan continues with a deeper look at Yoruba traditions and what it means to be Indigenous as Black and Native peoples. Building from WEB DuBois' book "The Souls of Black Folk" we talk about the duality that Indigenous peoples live within, engaging and challenging the dominant world. This is a public episode. If …
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Dr. Tope Adefarakan joins us to talk about her research into the Yoruba belief system, how it came to the Americas with enslaved people, and it's various adaptations in this new world. The pockets of belief that persist despite centuries of attempted erasure and how these beliefs enable organization and activism. This is a public episode. If you wo…
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A politics of refusal turns it’s back on patriarchy and just goes on building something new, something different, something closer to what we had before. A politics of refusal does not seek inclusion because if what are we seeking inclusion into? The people on this panel have all refused: refused to let Patriarchy define the boundaries or decide wh…
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What are the conditions that our communities need to see the Milky Way? To notice badgers and raccoons? To gather moss? To watch the growth of plants and their relationships to each other? To be undrowned. This month authors Daniel Heath Justice (Badger and Raccoon) and Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (Disordered Cosmos) join Ben Krawec, Celeste Smith, an…
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In this episode, recorded in February 2021, we talk with James about a mutual aid project in the Lakota lands of the Black Hills. There is a tension in finding ways to house and care for our own in the midst of colonial rules about place. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episo…
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Join Yasamin and Emilie as they discuss Emilie's experiences as Black woman growing up with Haitian and Catholic roots and her experiences of the limits of Christianity in her exploration of social justice for Black women. Our conversation today will cover revival of spirituality in Black communities and for Black women that include both institutio…
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Join Manvinder and guest, Dr. Colorado from the University of Winnipeg whose work focuses on secularism, colonialism, race and the politics of identity. In this episode we chat about what secularity means in the Canadian context and how Indigenous Spiritualities are engaged in this framework. And more broadly, what Canadian conceptions of religion …
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Join our guest, Dr. V. Rivas, the Associate Chair for the Latin American Studies Program at the University of Toronto. He specializes in the critical and theoretical study of alternative texts, creative non-fiction, narratives of resistance, and the politics of culture. In this episode, we discuss the syncretic spirituality of the cult of Maria Lio…
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Welcome to Subaltern Speaks, the official podcast of the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Toronto. In this podcast we explore the legacies of colonialism and the religions and spiritualities of colonized peoples, otherwise known as Subaltern in post-colonial studies. Follow us for new episodes coming soon! Transcript Welcome to Subaltern Spe…
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Join guest Navdeep Gill to discuss Ayurveda practices and how Eastern spirituality is used in the wellness industry. Navi is a practitioner and holistic wellness educator whose work is based in her ancestral knowledge of Ayurveda, yoga and meditation. Her curiosity to regain her family’s indigenous healing practices took her back to India, where sh…
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Our guest tells us, "as a storyteller you have a responsibility not to change the story but to show your audience a different way of seeing it, seeing it from a different perspective,." Storytelling helps us to see and understand ourselves and our place in the world a little bit better. They help us to locate ourselves not only in the past and pres…
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