Selena Couture, University of Alberta

Research

(1) performance (2) commemoration (3) settler history (4) decolonial methods (5) Indigenous epistemologies (6) Indigenous languages (7) nationalism (8) land title

Latest funding

Hemispheric Encounters: Developing transborder research-creation practices
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$1,102,403
Hemispheric Encounters: Developing transborder research-creation practices
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$723,142
Decolonizing Performative Reenactments of History
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$60,596

All 3 grants and awards

Hemispheric Encounters: Developing transborder research-creation practices

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: hemispheric performance; the Americas; embodied practice; research-creation; performance studies; activist an political performance; transborder collaborative methods; ecologies; mobilities; oralities; archives; migration; human rights; Indigenous; latinx

$1,102,403

Hemispheric Encounters: Developing transborder research-creation practices

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: hemispheric performance; the Americas; embodied practice; research-creation; performance studies; activist an political performance; transborder collaborative methods; ecologies; mobilities; oralities; archives; migration; human rights; Indigenous; latinx

$723,142

Decolonizing Performative Reenactments of History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Couture, Selena

Keywords: (1) performance; (2) commemoration; (3) settler history; (4) decolonial methods; (5) Indigenous epistemologies; (6) Indigenous languages; (7) nationalism; (8) land title; (9) unceded; (10) treaty

$60,596

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: (1) performance Dear Professor Couture, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on (1) performance connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Decolonizing Performative Reenactments of History" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]