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A Chamoru scholar (Guåhan/Guam), Dr. Naputi's research focuses on issues of Indigenous movements, colonialism, and militarism in the Mariana Islands archipelago. In 2021-2022 she was the recipient of a Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowship, which she used to work with Independent Guåhan educating the island’s public about sovereignty. Dr. Naputi's recent publications appear in Security Dialogue, Environmental Communication, and Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. She has also published in outlets such as CommonDreams, In These Times, Pacific Island Times, and Latinx Spaces.
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Topics and research available here
- Pacific Islands
- Oceania
- Colonialism
- Resistance
- Rhetoric
- militarism
- Indigenous Studies
- Indigeneity
- Environmental Justice
- Communication
- Fieldwork
- Social Movements
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Learning Activities: Place-Based (Contestation/Connectivity)
Tiara Naputi
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This is a PDF of two assignments that focus on place-based activities for the contestation/connectivity lens of the learning module.Learning Objectives
- Learning objective 4: Critically reflect on prospects for environmental justice and more just relations between the more-than-human and humans.
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Learning Activities: Land & Water Stories (Contestation/Connectivity)
Tiara Naputi
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This power point provides some learning activities related to the "Contestation/Connectivity" lensLearning Objectives
- Learning objective 4: Critically reflect on prospects for environmental justice and more just relations between the more-than-human and humans.
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Essay explaining the contestation/connectivity lens with references and links to learning activities/assignments and suggested resources.Learning Objectives
- Learning objective 4: Critically reflect on prospects for environmental justice and more just relations between the more-than-human and humans.