Theorist

Vanessa Watts

Indigenous thought (Place-Thought)

Country Ground Knowledge

Details

Nationality: Canadian (Haudenosaunee/Anishinaabe)

Notes

Theorist of Indigenous 'Place-Thought', grounding place in non-human agency. culturalProtocol: CARE-2019; dataSovereignty: GIDA

Connections

proposed Place-Thought
critiqued Martin Heidegger

Sources

Watts, V. Indigenous place-thought and agency amongst humans and non-humans. 2013.
Watts, V. Indigenous place-thought and agency amongst humans and non-humans (First Woman and Sky Woman go on a European world tour!). 2013.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Vanessa Watts." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/vanessa-watts/. Accessed July 17, 2026.