FAH248H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Transnationalism, Cottage Country, Lawren Harris
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Jackson, uranium, 1938 (cid:498)before and after the great horizon(cid:499) Hammered sheets of copper to show the coast-lines of turtle island. Bringing into visibility a territory that is not divided my arbitrary colonial boundaries. Review of this weeks reading by andrew baldwin: Government is trying to maintain a white nationalistic pride. Federal government is establishing and maintaining a white supremacy entity. Wilderness multicultural dyad: two themes very central to our identity but also these components are viewed very separately. -it is removed from our landscape and national identity. Idealization of wilderness in country and idea multiculturalism in canada. Involves pluralism: inclusive strategy, multi-ethnic vision of a nation. Encountering the pristine wilderness is a fantastical project for european settlers although had already been occupied by indigenous people. As artist go on these expeditional adventures to represent this, pre-figured fantasy, depopulates space, re-enacting this early settler. Author judith butler quoted in baldwin"s work, draws on theories of representation drawn directly from the (cid:883)99(cid:882)"s.
