Elspeth Iralu

About Elspeth Iralu

Elspeth Iralu (Angami Naga) is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Planning. Her research and teaching focus on Indigenous methodologies, Indigenous geographies, and violence and visual culture. She serves as an editor of the open access journal ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies.

Areas of Expertise

Indigenous Planning, Indigenous Geographies, Indigenous Methodologies, Community Development,

Selected Publications

• Iralu, Elspeth. Putting Indian country on the map: Indigenous practices of spatial justice. Antipode 53, no. 5 (2021): 1485-1502. 
• Iralu, Elspeth. A Letter for Missing and Disappeared Archives. ACME 23, no. 2 (2024): 161-165.
• Iralu, Elspeth. \On violence, seen remotely.\ American Quarterly 72, no. 4 (2020): 1047-1055.
• Iralu, E. and Kikon, D. (2022). ‘Colonization Called my Home a Disturbed Area: A conversation’ in Golstein, A. and Trujillo, S. V. (eds.) Antifascist Futures: Against the Violence of Imperial Crisis. New York: Common Notions, pp. 213-228.

Recent Courses Taught

• Indigenous Methodologies
• Indigenous Space, Place, and Mapping
• Foundations of Indigenous Planning
• Sustainable Community Planning Methods
• Planning Theory