Tag: colonialism

• Teaching Shamanism

  My wife, Jennie, and I are scheduled to teach an intensive course on shamanism this summer. The course is offered by Burlington College, a small, progressive Liberal Arts college where we both teach. The course offers students an opportunity to delve briefly into the world of shamanism as we understand it. Students will not be…

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 14, 2012

  First Nations, native american, Shamanism

  colonialism, healing, Shamanism, teaching, trauma

• There Are Many Shamanisms

  In spite of their vast cultural and ethical differences, get a group of shamans together and they will likely find common ground.

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 9, 2012

  First Nations, Healing, Shamanism

  colonialism, healing, Shamanism

• Mapping a “Separate Country”

  As we move into an epoch in which Mixed-Blood is the new norm, I am curious as to how we will explore and sort out issues of personhood and sovereignty, map and establish the permeable yet clear boundaries required for cultural and personal experiences of Self and survivance.

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 4, 2012

  First Nations, Healing, native american, Psychotherapy

  colonialism, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, healing, Melanie Benson Taylor, Mixed-blood

• Shamans, Race, and Story In Our Time of Occupation

  Shamanism and, more recently, Narrative Therapy seek to challenge the authority of colonialism and its allies in the lives of those who seek healing. They use differing tools and strategies to do so, yet often their territories overlap. Together they provide evolving maps of the technologies, visions, and behaviors of colonial practice. They challenge the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 9, 2011

  native american, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Social issues

  colonialism, Narrative Therapy, Native American, Occupy Wallstreet, Self, Shamanism