ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Van Stephenson, Firewind, Cherry Picking
10 Dec 2017
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Link to film -film-plastic shamans and white medicine men (1996)= documentary deals with the popularization and commercialization of native american spiritual traditions by non- And commercialize it by inviting others to look at their culture: hippy dippy kind of tradition, plastic shamans attempt to pass themselves as shamans but have no genuine connection to the traditions or cultures they claim to represent. It may seem that ps have genuine cultural connection, but rather exploiting that knowledge for ego, power or money. Whereas the indigenous have naming ceremonies and are in their local language. Earth walkers give themselves indigenous name or what they think are indigenous names. Change their names to romanticized names windfeather firewind bird brother : when picking these romanticized names, they"re only highlighting the what they perceive the positive elements of indigenous white relations, ignoring whole history of mistreatment and genocide.
