What, Exactly, Does “Unceded Territory” Even Mean?

From land acknowledgements to Twitter profiles, the term “unceded territory” is everywhere these days. A lot of people, however, are still not clear on what it means. There’s a lot of confusion over what “unceded” actually means, and yet, the concept is actually really easy to understand. There are two moving parts. One is widely known and understood, but the second is a little less well know. Once that second

Social Truth Epistemology

Wait, what? A social truth epistemology is the application of human social truths to an understanding or analysis of what is actually true. It is the “social truth first” epistemology in which the actual truth is subordinated to a preferred social truth narrative, which is absolutely antithetical to the scientific method. It allows champions of the preferred narrative to dismiss opponents as somehow unworthy, essentially moving the Overton window in