AMS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Rainy Mountain, Decision-Making, Oral Storytelling
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21 Oct 2017
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AMS 207H - Lecture
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Literary analysis from indigenous perspective- what an indigenous person thinks we should take •
away.
Summary
Starts with description of how land was created- animals live in sky and beetle came down and •
all worked together to turn mud into land.
He states how he's heard this story many times. This story emphasizes traditions. •
Characteristics
Traditions •
comes full circle •
Constant source of reflection •
Symbolic model •
Creation stories (Rainy Mountain) •
This is an explanatory model for indigenous cultural expressions. ◦
Focus on nature (animals) •
Survival- to preserve traditions, shared experience of colonialism. •
Survivance is equal to adaptive resistance. ◦
Privileging community over individual •
Self-sacrifice in order for entire group to contribute. ◦
Everybody is integral to whole. •
Balance tradition within context of modernity. •
Emphasis on kinship/family •
Decision making based on consensus. •
Colonialism •
Even weakest part of whole has something of value. •
Identifies by tribal affiliation (first link of identification) •
"Stories do work" •
Non-linearity storytelling •
Disrupts idea of causation ◦
Graphic, Oral, and Critical Impulses
All are interactive from indigenous perspective in telling story. •
Western culture privileges graphic since we value what is written down. •
We give less validity to verbal knowledge. •
Oral- storytelling traditions being passed down. •
Graphic- writing, pictures, drawings •
Critical- analysis, considering multiple perspectives •
Use all of this to be able to make up your own mind ◦
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