APA 3123 Lecture 11: first nations hockey
12 Jan 2016
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Hockey introduced by residential schools is there a first nations identity with hockey (local expressions?) long process of colonialism and the transformation of aboriginals to more mainstream people of dominant society: hockey was an assimilatory strategy. Even most recreational athletes are influenced by professional sport: global influence. Engaging and transforming the modern, rationalized construct of recognizes the transformative potential of local cultures. Redefining the signifying relation of signs within the present sport enables border thinking. Border thinking is knowledge production from both the interior borders of the modern/colonial world system and its exterior borders. Experience sweat ceremonies before allowed to play hockey. Games are small and long lasting but they are playing with desire. First nations communities playing hockey distinctive meanings. Dominant structures of power (mainstream hockey) are. Bhabba: redefining the signifying relations of sings and knowledge are produced reconfigured signifier remains constant, yet the signified is remarkable distinctive with each hockey performance.
