Native & Indigenous Research & arts Symposium
Announcements
NRC's 5th Annual Native & Indigenous Research and Arts Symposium 2025!
The 5th annual symposium is scheduled for March 2025. Check back soon for updates for more information.
Thursday, March 6, 2025 & Friday, March 7, 2025 - Scripps Cottage
Howka (Kumeyaay greeting)! The Native Resource Center (NRC) at San Diego State University
(SDSU) warmly invites you to participate in our 5th Annual Native & Indigenous Research
& Arts Symposium (NIRAS) taking place from March 6-7, 2025 at Scripps Cottage on the
SDSU campus.
NIRAS serves as an academic space to uplift diverse Native and Indigenous research, narratives, art, issues, and knowledges. NIRAS aims to center Native and Indigenous epistemological and methodological frameworks that are otherwise ignored within dominant Western academic settings. We also take a transnational approach to Indigeneity that disrupts settler borders and uplifts Indigenous experiences across the globe. Additionally, in honor of the Native American Music and Dance Conference organized by Dr. Vince Whipple (Lakota/Diné) in 2022 - we are excited to continue to integrate the arts as a prominent part of our symposium. NIRAS will include visual performances by local and regional Indigenous artists.
Submission Guidelines:
We invite all students at SDSU and beyond committed to the sovereign identity and
progress of Indigenous Peoples to submit a presentation proposal. Participants are
encouraged to center Indigenous constructions of knowledge and the relational and
reciprocal aspects of research. We are looking for proposals from all disciplines.
Presentation proposals are not limited to academic papers; we also encourage creative
channels such as short documentaries, storytelling, visual arts, dance, music, theatre,
and other mediums that transmit diverse Native and Indigenous epistemologies. Presentation
proposals should be relevant to at least one of the NRC’s four core pillars:
Decolonization & Sovereignty
Truth, Education & Growth
Indigenous Philosophies & Identity
Health & Wellness
Deadline to submit presentation proposals is Friday, February 14, 2025 by 11:59pm.
Presenters will be notified of their acceptance status by or before midnight on Friday,
February 21, 2025. Following selection and notification, chosen presenters may be
requested to submit additional information or revise details based on the needs of
the symposium.
Presentations will take place in-person on Thursday, March 6th from 10am-6pm and Friday, March 7th from 10am to 4pm at Scripps Cottage. Presentation time slots are 15 minutes long and we encourage presenters to stay for the duration of the symposium.
For questions and concerns, please email NRC Faculty Scholar, Matt Fowler at [email protected].