From Two-Eyed to Three-Eyed Seeing: A Third Space Beyond Binaries

Cathy Richardson Kineweskwêw for Murmurations Journal, Volume 8, Issue 2

Murmurations journal is an independent journal accessible to all. It is an outlet for transformative systemic practices. “Murmurations invites submissions which challenge the status quo and propose alternative ways of being, seeing, doing and becoming” (Murmurations Journal). It is a journal that shares contextualized knowledges beyond the theoretical that seek to build new paradigms.

Beyond Binaries in this text refers to the either/or colonial thinking the author seeks to transcend. Rooted in a Metis perspective, it resists notions of pure race, thesis and antithesis, oppressor and oppressed. Richardson expands on this form of Two-Eyed Seeing (Marshal, 2012) through Three-Eyed-Seeing; a multi-level way of thinking. As we witness patterns of oppression across the spectrum of family to the settler-state, Three-Eyed-Seeing reveals this violence as interconnected. She calls instead for a synthesis, a third space (Babha, 2009). “Much of counselling is actually about helping people navigate the systemic violence of capitalism, regardless of racial or cultural background,” writes Cathy in this chapter. Beyond Binaries calls for a transcendence into a safe, intersectional space across multiple social levels. See the full article here: https://murmurations.cloud/index.php/pub/article/view/313/187