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

Anti-racism Planning, Community Development, Food Systems, Community Health and Safety, International Development Planning

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