Dr Julie Ballangarry1, Dr Outi Donovan1
1Griffith University, Nathan, Australia
Biography:
Outi Donovan is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. Her research investigates peacebuilding and peace processes in conflict-affected societies. Among other themes, her work has explored the gendered dynamics of peacebuilding, interactions between local and UN-led peacebuilding processes, the responsibility to protect principle and pragmatic ethics. Her research has been published in International Affairs, Cooperation and Conflict and Journal of Global Security Studies, among other journals and her monograph ‘The Contentious Politics of Statebuilding’ was published in 2017 by Routledge.
Abstract:
IR and foreign policy literatures have begun paying increasing attention to ideas and practices that challenge the conventional approaches to foreign policy. While Feminist foreign policies by states, such as Canada, Mexico, and formerly Sweden, have sought to place gender equality squarely at the centre of foreign policy, Indigenous/First Nations approaches to foreign policy, a new and novel concept, foregrounds principles such as relationality, Indigenous rights and justice. Although Feminist and Indigenous scholars have respectively explored such approaches, these literatures have emerged largely in isolation. With a view of bridging this gap, our analysis draws on Native American Anishinaabe scholar Gerald Vizenor’s concept of survivance to explore the intersections – both theoretical and policy – between Feminist and Indigenous foreign policies. We seek not only to advance the theorising of ‘alternative’ foreign policies, but also identify lessons learned for more effective approaches and strategies mobilised by Feminist activist and sovereign Indigenous peoples.