Zoe Todd Explained

Zoe Todd
Birth Date:	1983
Nationality:	Canadian, Métis
Occupation:	anthropologist, professor, artist
Awards:	Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship
Education:	University of Alberta, University of Aberdeen
Influences:	Vanessa Watts, Leroy LittleBear, Kim TallBear, Natasha Myers, Donna Haraway, Val Napoleon, Loretta Todd
Discipline:	anthropology, sociology, Indigenous studies, science & technology studies, human-animal studies
Workplaces:	Carleton University, Banff Centre, Yale University
Influenced:	Kim TallBear, Natasha Myers, Donna Haraway
Principal Ideas:	Indigenizing the anthropocene

Zoe Todd is a Métis anthropologist and scholar of Indigenous studies, human-animal studies, science and technology studies and the Anthropocene.^{[1] [2]} She is an associate professor in the Department of Indigenous Studies at Simon Fraser University and a Presidential Visiting Fellow at Yale University during the 2018–19 academic year.^[3]

Early life

Todd was born to a Métis father and white settler mother in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1983. She credits her father, an artist, Gary Todd's engagement with his Métis heritage as an influential factor in her scholarship; especially his art and his knowledge of fish and wildlife of the Canadian prairies.^[4] Todd is a descendant of William Todd, a 19th-century surgeon from the British Navy.^[5] She received her BSc in biological sciences and an MSc in rural sociology from the University of Alberta and her PhD in social anthropology from the University of Aberdeen.^[6] She received the prestigious Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship in 2011 for her PhD research.

Research

Todd's research concerns human-animal relations, in particular, human-fish, relationships in the context of Settler colonialism in Canada.^[7] She is an assistant professor at Carleton University's Department of Sociology and Anthropology.^[8] She is most well known for her work on decolonizing anthropology^[9] and Indigenous perspectives on the Anthropocene.^{[10] [11]} She has been a faculty at the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity.^[12] In 2018, she became a Visiting Assistant Professor at Yale University's Program in History of Science & Medicine.^[13]

She has been featured on the CBC,^{[14] [15]} Walrus Talks,^[16] Buzzfeed,^[17] Rabble^[18] and many others on Indigenous issues, feminism, environment, colonialism, capitalism and rape culture. Todd is also known for her artistic work, which are mostly inspired by the freshwater fish of Alberta.^[19] In 2018, she was interviewed by Sarain Fox on her work on Indigenous perspectives on the Anthropocene for the Art Gallery of Ontario podcast Into the Anthropocene.

Selected works

Academic works:

• Todd, Zoe. (2018). ‘Refracting colonialism in Canada: fish tales, text, and insistent public grief.’ Mark Jackson, editor. Coloniality, Ontology, and the Question of the Posthuman. Routledge Press.
• Todd, Z. (2015). Indigenizing the Anthropocene. Pp. 241–254 in Art in the Anthropocene: Encounters Among Aesthetics, Politics, Environment and Epistemology. Heather Davis and Etienne Turpin, editors. Open Humanities Press.
• Davis, Heather and Zoe Todd. (2017). On the importance of a date, or, decolonizing the Anthropocene. ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies.
• Todd, Zoe. (2017). Fish, Kin, and Hope: tending to water violations in amiskwaciwâskahikan and Treaty Six Territory. Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Inquiry 43(1): 102–107.
• Todd, Zoe. (2016). ‘How do you teach about the layered colonial realities that mould a Canadian city?’ (commentary). Aboriginal Policy Studies 6(1): 90–97. (Invited piece)
• Todd, Z. (2016). ‘An Indigenous Feminist’s Take on the Ontological Turn: ‘Ontology’ is just another word for colonialism’. Journal of Historical Sociology 29(1): 4-22.
• Todd, Z. (2014). ‘Fish pluralities: Human-animal relations and sites of engagement in Paulatuuq, Arctic Canada’. Etudes/Inuit/Studies 38(1-2): 217–238.

Other writing:

• Todd, Z. (2015). Rethinking Aesthetics and Ontology through Indigenous Law: On the work of Val Napoleon and Loretta Todd. C Magazine 126: 10–17.
• Todd, Z. (2014). Creating citizen spaces through Indigenous soundscapes. Spacing Magazine. Published 1 October 2014 http://spacing.ca/national/2014/10/01/creating-citizen-spaces-indigenous-soundscapes/
• Todd, Z. (2013). On Scottish Independence — a Metis Perspective. ActiveHistory.ca. http://activehistory.ca/2013/12/on-scottish-independence-a-metis-perspective/
• Todd, Z. (2013). “Remembering Indigenous Edmonton: a journey through plants”. Spacing Edmonton. http://spacing.ca/edmonton/2013/04/04/remembering-indigenous-edmonton-a-journey-through-plants/

References

1. News: Todd, Zoe. 2018-10-11. en-US.
2. News: Penn State Women's Studies Graduate Organization conference set for Feb. 24-25. Penn State News. 2018-11-16. en.
3. Web site: Presidential Visiting Fellows for 2018-19. Yale University Faculty. en. 2018-11-16.
4. News: Conversations with my Father's paintings: writing my relations back into the academy. 2016-01-11. ActiveHistory.ca. 2018-10-12. en-CA.
5. Web site: Rethinking Aesthetics and Ontology through Indigenous Law: On the work of Val Napoleon and Loretta Todd. Todd. Zoe. 2015. C Magazine. en. 2018-10-12.
6. News: Academic training. 2013-07-28. Dr. Zoe S.C. Todd. 2018-10-11. en-US.
7. Todd. Zoe. 2014. Fish pluralities: Human-animal relations and sites of engagement in Paulatuuq, Arctic Canada. Études/Inuit/Studies. en. 38. 1–2. 217–238. 10.7202/1028861ar. 0701-1008. free.
8. News: Todd, Zoe. 2018-10-11. en-US.
9. Todd. Zoe. 2016. An Indigenous Feminist's Take On The Ontological Turn: 'Ontology' Is Just Another Word For Colonialism. Journal of Historical Sociology. en. 29. 1. 4–22. 10.1111/johs.12124. 0952-1909.
10. On the Importance of a Date, or, Decolonizing the Anthropocene. 4. 761–780. Davis. Heather. Todd. Zoe. 2017. ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies. 16. en-US. 2018-10-11.
11. Todd, Z. (2015). Indigenizing the Anthropocene. Pp. 241- in Art in the Anthropocene: Encounters Among Aesthetics, Politics, Environment and Epistemology. Heather Davis and Etienne Turpin, editors. Open Humanities Press.
12. Web site: Zoe Todd. www.banffcentre.ca. en. 2018-10-11.
13. Web site: Zoe Todd. Yale Program in History of Science & Medicine. en. 2018-10-11.
14. News: Web exclusive: Polite No More CBC Radio. CBC. 2018-10-11. en-US.
15. News: Truth and reconciliation report hits YouTube in #ReadTheTRCReport CBC News. CBC. 2018-10-11. en-US.
16. News: Fish and Indigenous Law. The Walrus. 2018-10-11. en-CA.
17. News: This Is The Most Powerful Way To Experience The Truth And Reconciliation Report. BuzzFeed. 2018-10-11. en.
18. Web site: CanLit heavyweights' letter in support of Steven Galloway leaves rape survivors out in the cold rabble.ca. rabble.ca. 16 November 2016 . en. 2018-10-11.
19. Web site: ZoeSTodd's Store Society6. Society6. 2018-10-11.

External links

• Official Website