ENG252Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: European Canadian, Potlatch, Textuality
ENG5 – Leture – Idigeous Writig
Treaties
• Constitutionally recognized agreements between the crown and aboriginal
peoples
• Understood by the aboriginal people as sacred covenants
• Understood by the crown as legal documents
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• King George III
o 1763 Royal Proclamation
Imperialism
• The practice, theory and attitudes of a dominating metropolitan centre ruling
a distant territory
• Colonialism
o A consequence of imperialism
o Specific form of exploitation that began with the expansion of Europe
in the last 600 years
Colonialism
• Coterminous with the development of a modern capitalist system of
economic exchange
• Colonies established to provide raw materials for the burgeoning powers of
Europe
o Process of extraction
• Relationship between colonizer and colonized locked into a rigid hierarchy
Postcolonialism/postcoloniality
• Deals with / critiques the effects of colonialism
Race/ racism
• Instrument of reifying / naturalising the unequal forms of intercultural
relationships
• Classification of human beings into physically, biologically and genetically
distinct people
• Social Construct: rae first used i Eglish i 5 y poet Willia Duar
Racialization/ethnicization
• Ascribing racial or ethnic identities to a relationship or social practice of a
group that did not identify as such
o Dominant group integrating or assimilating a smaller group
o Never implemented from the inside
• Assumes there are natural types of humanness and a scale of intelligence
defined by skin colour, georgraphy and genetics
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Document Summary
Treaties: constitutionally recognized agreements between the crown and aboriginal peoples, understood by the aboriginal people as sacred covenants, understood by the crown as legal documents, king george iii, 1763 royal proclamation. Imperialism: the practice, theory and attitudes of a dominating metropolitan centre ruling a distant territory, colonialism, a consequence of imperialism, specific form of exploitation that began with the expansion of europe in the last 600 years. Colonialism: coterminous with the development of a modern capitalist system of economic exchange, colonies established to provide raw materials for the burgeoning powers of. Europe: process of extraction, relationship between colonizer and colonized locked into a rigid hierarchy. Postcolonialism/postcoloniality: deals with / critiques the effects of colonialism. Instrument of reifying / naturalising the unequal forms of intercultural relationships: classification of human beings into physically, biologically and genetically distinct people, social construct: (cid:858)ra(cid:272)e(cid:859) first used i(cid:374) e(cid:374)glish i(cid:374) (cid:1005)5(cid:1004)(cid:1012) (cid:271)y poet willia(cid:373) du(cid:374)(cid:271)ar.
