Transmotion

Transmotion is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering Native American literatures and Indigenous culture more broadly. It is hosted by the University of Kent, UK, and results from a collaboration between California State University, San Bernardino, the University of Kent, European University Cyprus and the Portland State University. The journal is fully diamond open access; current and past issues are free to view, and it publishes under a Creative commons license.

Transmotion

Discipline	Native American studies
Language	English
Edited by	David Carlson James Mackay Bryn Skibo-Birney Steve Sexton David Stirrup Miriam Brown-Spiers
Publication details
History	2015–present
Publisher	University of Kent (Transnational publication)
Frequency	Biannual
Open access	Yes
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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ISO 4	Transmotion
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ISSN	2059-0911
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Transmotion publishes new scholarship focused on "theoretical, experimental, postmodern, and avant-garde writing produced by Native American and First Nations authors," as well as wider issues within Indigenous Studies considered broadly. It also contains book reviews on relevant work. The name comes from the work of Gerald Vizenor, in which "transmotion" is theorized as "a visionary resistance and sense of natural motion over separatism, literary denouement, and cultural victimry."^[1] It is closely related to Vizenor's concept of survivance.

Notable articles

• Garsha, Jeremiah (2019-06-26). "Red Paint: Transnational Movements of Deconstructing, Decolonizing, and Defacing Colonial Structures". Transmotion. 5 (1): 76–103. doi:10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.571. ISSN 2059-0911.^[2]
• Uran, Shaawano Chad (2018-04-25). "Policing Resource Extraction and Human Rights in The Land of the Dead". Transmotion. 4 (1): 77–93. doi:10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.395. ISSN 2059-0911.^[3]