INDIGST 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: American Indian Movement, Unapologetic, Cultural Survival
15 Oct 2017
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1982 constitutional changes, rst legal/political def. of aboriginal peoples - fn, inuit & metis. Social, political, cultural issues impacting indig. communities ex. 1982 world assembly of fn - global connection. Formal academic (post-secondary) training in non-indig. or western art styles and theory. Indian and their art, are relegated to anthropology museums; perceived as relics of the past. Indig art being produced in 1980s didn"t adhere to expectations of indian art , yet didn"t meet the mainstream/high art word"s tastes. Few major instit. collecting or presenting indigenous art. Jane ash poitras, shaman never die: return to your ancestral roots, 1989. Museums as vestiges of colonialism, instit. are not neutral or objective spaces of knowledge; rather wrapped up in creating and disseminating certain truths about history, culture, and. Indig. artists become curators to create spaces for presentation of indigenous art. Allies - key museums prof. helping to open doors.
