ARTH 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Emily Carr, Gitanyow, Exogamy
29 Mar 2017
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Wed in gallery meet at 10:00 am. James clifford: anthropologist, travelled santa cruz visted 4 msms. Nuyumbalees cultural centre: shaped like snail, diff in display b/w gov"t and abrgnl, order of objcts appear in order they would in potlatch. Aboriginal art hist: imp to understand how specific and detailed each aboringial group is diff in. Canada: one thing that links gov"t ppl together is gov"t legistration. Admininstrative identity construct: assimilate aboriginal ppl into canadian cultr. House: represents extended family lineage groups live in house. Physical embodiment of group of ppl house means lineage group . System of reincarniation takes spiritual role of ancestor. Potlatch cycle form of law: by banning overturning the estbld administration denied the viability of their stories, stripping objcts away reconfigures objct in anglo-european way. 3 general groups: north v realistic, central colourful, south simplistic. Commissioners from ottawa assmbld to review amount of acre.
