Project Title: “Kuule, müö tiä olemmo:” Meijän tulevazuksii, meijän arhiivat — “Listen, We Are Here:” Our Futures, Our Archives
Sara Maaria Saastamoinen, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Sara Maaria Saastamoinen (hän, she, they) is a karjalaine (Karelian), suomalainen (Finnish), and naturalized American award-winning advocate, multimedia artist, interdisciplinary scholar, university instructor, and futures strategist. Her growing body of work navigates transcorporeal ecologies of kinship and care, diasporic constructions of karjalažus (Karelian identity), and collectively sown abundant futures. They are a Futures Fellow with the United Nations Development Programme while pursuing their PhD in political science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
About the APSA Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics Recipients
The APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants provide support for the advancement of scholars from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups and for research that examines political science phenomena affecting historically underserved communities and underrepresented groups and communities. In December 2023, APSA awarded ten projects for the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics for a combined amount of $20,000.