Sean Robertson, University of Alberta

Research

law indigenous legal traditions Inuit space performativity pragmatism embodiment affect

Latest funding

Canada 150: reconciliation Wahkotowin conference
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Tracking Change: the role of local and traditional knowledge in watershed governance
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$2,372,098
Introducing the emotional and affective geographies of law: strengthening community through the practice and feeling(s) of Inuit law
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$211,199

All 4 grants and awards

Canada 150: reconciliation Wahkotowin conference

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Adams, Eric M.

Keywords: Canada 150; constitutional law; Indigenous law; reconciliation; federalism; the crown

$25,000

Tracking Change: the role of local and traditional knowledge in watershed governance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: traditional knowledge; indigenous; watershed; monitoring; indicators; governance

$2,372,098

Introducing the emotional and affective geographies of law: strengthening community through the practice and feeling(s) of Inuit law

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Robertson, Sean

Keywords: law; indigenous legal traditions; Inuit; space; performativity; pragmatism; embodiment; affect; emotions; more-than-representational theory; more-than-human relations; indigenous knowledge; Canada; Arctic; Nunavut; Kugaaruk; elder-led land camps

$211,199

Connecting Inuit elders and youth learning about caribou, community and well-being

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Ljubicic, Gita J.

Keywords: Inuit; Nunavut; elder and youth camps; cultural knowledge transmission; caribou; Inuit knowledge; experiential education; place-based learning; Inuktitut language; sustainable livelihoods; indigenous research methodologies; Aboriginal identities

$209,374

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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