Abstract:

This essay queries how the temporal foundation of “eighteenth-century studies” is an obstacle to the goal of “indigenizing” knowledge. It argues that the most basic organizing principle of the field—periodization—is anathema to Indigenous modes of knowing. In order to indigenize we would need to abandon chronology and begin from the perspective of land and space. What might such an approach look like? The essay includes first-person descriptions of experiences from the land in which the author lives, Treaty 6 territory in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

中文翻译：

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十八世纪是殖民时代吗？

摘要：

本文质疑“ 18世纪研究”的时间基础如何成为“知识本土化”目标的障碍。它认为，该领域最基本的组织原则是周期性，是对土著知识模式的厌恶。为了本土化，我们需要放弃时间顺序，从土地和空间的角度出发。这种方法会是什么样子？本文包括第一作者对作者生活地的经验的描述，该地位于加拿大艾伯塔省埃德蒙顿的第6号条约领土。