This grief not only ours to bear”
Hope in shalan joudry’s Km+tkinu ( Homeland )
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8134342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leonor María Martínez Serrano (0000-0002-5114-9513, Cordoba University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Postcolonial Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9855 • E-ISSN: 1744-9863 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449855.2026.2624666 |
| OpenAlex | W7134932387 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
This article argues that the polyphony of shalan joudry’s Km+tkinu (Homeland), an ambitious oral poem that interweaves human voices in 13 languages, is attuned to Indigenous Earth-sensitive ontologies and epistemologies that underscore the plurality of being and the centrality of attention and care to how humankind relates to the non-human world. In so doing, they create a space for decolonizing hope and cultivating planetary solidarity as a catalyst for collective transformation and environmental sustainability in the Anthropocene. The poem is a narrative articulation of the land’s and the Mi’kmaw people’s resilience in relation to change and colonizing forces, whilst it sets out on a journey back to hope, restoration, and well-being. Km+tkinu is thus not just joudry’s accomplished account of her ancestors’ history and celebration of their homeland, but also a timely reminder of the need to embrace decolonial hope as part of an ethics of care for our shared home.
Complicated grief · Disenfranchised grief · Grief · Refugee · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · South Asian Cinema and Culture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |