Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
b. 1971
“As We Have Always Done — Nishnaabeg intelligence and resurgence.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- CECommunal Embeddedness8 / 10
- WPWill to Power7 / 10
- TETrust in Experience7 / 10
- RTReverence for Tradition7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- José Carlos MariáteguiFORGE
Seven Essays — indigenous communism rooted in the ayllu.
- Paulo FreireFORGE
Pedagogy of the Oppressed — education as the practice of freedom.
- Glen CoulthardFORGE
Red Skin, White Masks — Indigenous resurgence as anti-colonial.
- Enrique DusselFORGE
Philosophy of Liberation — the colonial Other as ethical first.
- Boaventura de Sousa SantosFORGE
Epistemologies of the South — knowledge born of struggle.
- Bartolomé de Las CasasFORGE
Defender of the Indies — humanity of indigenous peoples insisted upon.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPARELeanne Betasamosake Simpson vs José Carlos MariáteguiOn Mull's map José Carlos Mariátegui sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶