Activist Listening: Insurgent Decoloniality in Times and Spaces of Violence critically examines the activist potential of settler listening to interrogate the question: “Of what utility is my listening when a colonial genocide is happening in real-time?” The research advances novel theoretical and methodological frameworks for settlers attempting ethical praxis from within the military colonial academic industry. These frameworks conceptualize decolonial insurgency as a feminist practice that seeks material change through quiet acts of risk and solidarity. The research distinguishes between decolonization practices and decolonial knowledge production as critique to hegemonic power structures rooted in the British colonial imperial project. The research expands our understanding of the role of the settler-listener as witness to ongoing colonial violence, while also extending the scope of decolonial methods and challenging the boundaries of sound studies’ engagement with decolonial theory.
Activist listening: insurgent decoloniality in times and spaces of violence, Freya Zinovieff, PhD 2024
Zinovieff, Freya. “Activist listening: insurgent decoloniality in times and spaces of violence.” PhD Dissertation, Simon Fraser University, 2024.
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