Kikila Perrin- Master of Arts
- PhD Candidate at University of Victoria
Kikila Perrin
- Master of Arts
- PhD Candidate at University of Victoria
Project Coordinator for the Archipelagos of Indigenous-led Resurgence for Planetary Health Collaborative
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Introduction
A white settler of mostly Germanic and Celtic descent living as an uninvited visitor on unceded lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ territories, my interdisciplinary research takes a look at how relationships formed by settlers in and with place (as living agent) under Indigenous guidance can lead to settlers better supporting Indigenous sovereignty and resurgence in terms meaningful to Indigenous peoples, while mitigating climate change locally. HISWKE to Sarah Jim and Cheryl Bryce for their friendship.
Current institution
Additional affiliations
September 2019 - present
Position
- PhD Student
Description
- Exploring place-based relationships and how settlers can better support Indigenous resurgence through these place-based relationships (with the land, with Indigenous peoples) in ways meaningful to Indigenous peoples while mitigating climate change locally. This work is supervised by Ganohalidoh Jeff Corntassel and Crystal Tremblay.
September 2024 - January 2025
Position
- Instructor
Description
- Instruct undergraduate course Geog 309: Geography of British Columbia, a human geography with layers of ethnoecology and Indigenous studies woven in.
September 2022 - May 2023
Position
- Teaching Assistant
Description
- Provided in-class support for students in IS 301 (Critical Indigenous Theory) and IS 350 (Ethics, Methods, and Protocols) under Ganohalidoh Jeff Corntassel (Tsalagi) in Fall 2022 and Kauwila Mahi (Kanaka Maoli) Winter 2023. My role also allowed me to support students on their learning journey through office hours, facilitating in-class discussion, and to give a lecture in each class.
Education
September 2019 - June 2025
Field of study
- Interdisciplinary (Indigenous Studies, Geography, Ethnoecology, Anthropology)
September 2011 - August 2012
Publications
Publications (5)
Today universities and higher education institutions are increasingly grappling with the thorny reality of simultaneously standing for values such as “public good and social progress” whilst being progenitors of mind sets and conditions that significantly contribute to contemporary global crises. In response to these conditions in recent years tran...
On Vancouver Island, the “outdoors” have long been promoted as a source of economic stability through resource extraction, and an unpopulated wild space worth protecting for human enjoyment and recreation. While both ideas of consumption tend to be promoted by and for white audiences, resource extraction and outdoor recreation reflect different asp...
Life is experienced in place. It is grounded, and we are connected through our experiences being grounded together in place. The call of place brings people (humans and more-than-humans) into a relational coexistence through sharing our interactions, and by being together in places. In exploring how meaningful cultural understanding between Indigen...
In Red Skin, White Masks, Glen Coulthard describes the process of recognition within the colony as assimilatory in its continued dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their territory. Similarly, the increasing inclusion of Indigenous academics, scholars, and students into the university system seeks to assimilate Indigenous ways of knowing, colo...
Questions
Question (1)
...other than Settler Colonial Studies?
My name is Kikila Perrin, a settler of mostly Germanic and Celtic lineage living on unceded lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ territory (Victoria area, BC) doing my PhD at UVic (INTD - Indigenous Studied/Geog), and I'm looking to publish a co-authored article that is a reflection on the embodied experiences of 2 settlers as they engage in "decolonization" work (this term is problematic). This feels more "settler colonial studies" (centring the experiences of settlers) than it does Indigenous studies (neither of us are Indigenous), and after some time googling for it can only find Settler Colonial Studies.
Appreciate any guidance the community can share.
HÍSW̱ḴE,
Kikila
