ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Idle No More, Canadian Identity, Canada Day
2 Jan 2017
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Talks about the different ethnic minorities living in downtown toronto. Presented as each community being a seperate locations and a separate community, instead of as a group/part of one community (canada/toronto) Stereotypical; go to little italy for ice cream, chinatown for dumplings. Different images of diff landscapes and people. Mackey, chapter 4, becoming indigenous: cultural difference, land and narratives of nationhood . Exploring 3 official pedagogies of pluralism": the canadian museum of civilization (recently renamed the museum of canadian history), a play and an exhibit at the national gallery of art. Myths about an identity for someone to identity with. Also looks at pieces in the ottawa gallery that was co-curated with indigenous peoples. Mackey finds similar images and messages about canadian national identity: despite inclusive appearances, this is really the story of settler nationhood, a story which only recognizes limited and unthreatening forms of difference. Emphasis on land with nature based imagery, combined with images of cultural pluralism.
