Patrick Wolfe (1949-2016)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4493981 |
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| Authors | Ben Silverstein (0000-0003-3566-2138, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 315-323 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History Workshop Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-3554 • E-ISSN: 1477-4569 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hwj/dbw039 |
| OpenAlex | W2506731305 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
On 18 February 2016, in the morning, one of the most original, committed, and giving historians of colonialism ceased his work. In Patrick Wolfe's death, an immeasurable loss has been sustained by those of us thinking about and trying to challenge settler colonialism around the world. Encountering Patrick for the first time was arresting. All enthusiasm and intensity, wisdom and warmth, with a willingness to engage, discuss, and argue. I first met him when I was an undergraduate and was immediately struck by his passion, his generosity, and his extraordinary breadth of knowledge. He was working at Victoria University then, and over time, once we both ended up at La Trobe University, I was lucky enough to work closely with him: first as my PhD supervisor, then as a co-author, and most recently as a friend. Alongside his personal mark, Patrick made an immense impact on scholarship in colonial history and settler colonial studies. He has given us terms of critique that help both Indigenous people trying to make sense of lives lived on land stolen from them and also those of us thinking through and seeking to transform our place living on that stolen Indigenous land. I want here to pay some small tribute to his pathbreaking work that created a field and generated new possibilities, both in research and, more crucially, in action
Archaeology · Art history · Colonialism · Enthusiasm · Environmental ethics · Generosity · Indigenous · Media studies · Passion · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Theology · Tribute · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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