Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Spitzer, Aaron"
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Colonizing the demos? Settler rights, Indigenous sovereignty, and the contested ‘structure of governance’ in Canada’s North
Spitzer, Aaron (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Settler-colonialism can consist of a struggle over the pre-political ‘structure of governance’ – over who composes the demos and how decisions should be made. This article examines two lawsuits where settlers contested the ... -
Constituting settler colonialism: the ‘boundary problem’, liberal equality, and settler state-making in Australia’s Northern Territory
Spitzer, Aaron (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Between Indigenous sovereignty and settler colonisation lie contested frontiers. I suggest Australia’s Northern Territory is one such frontier. This paper explores the 1998 settler campaign for Northern Territory statehood, ... -
Is Nonterritorial Autonomy Wrong for Indigenous Rights? Examining the ‘Territorialisation’ of Sami Power in Norway
Spitzer, Aaron; Selle, Per (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Nonterritorial autonomy (nta) decouples governance of ‘people’ and ‘place’, allowing demographically submerged minorities to protect their cultural – but not territorial – interests. Indigenous peoples are often submerged ... -
'A wolf in sheep’s clothing': settler voting rights and the elimination of the Indigenous demos in US Pacific territories
Spitzer, Aaron (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-02)Settler colonialism eliminates Indigenous sovereignty, enthrones itself, and thereby makes Indigenous land ‘ours’. It may do this meta-politically, by absorbing ‘them’ into ‘us’. This article explores three recent lawsuits ...