COMPSCI 1BA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nuclear Family, Zande People, Inuksuk
21 Feb 2014
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Resistance: defensive strategy aimed at critiquing dominant forms of power (the elite: forms of resistance that seek to restore elements of traditional culture, defensive strategies against invasive elements of western culture, common in indigenous communities, cargo cults: Believed there was a supernatural cause for westerners to produce cargo. Tried to duplicate white man"s ability to produce cargo. Involved imitation of europeans and building of landing strips and airplanes make of wood, sticks, etc: the ghost dance. Said that if first nations" people did the ghost dance, then whites would disappear, they would get their freedom back, and their ancestors would return (revival of old traditions: hawaiian renaissance. After ww2, hawaii was markets as a tourist destination. Hawaiians did not like how they were represented by media as timeless, static, primitive and exotic. Revival in interests in aboriginal hawaiian food, language, culture, and religion. Revitalization movements- forms of resistance to dominant forms of power and authority like colonialism: hawaiian renaissance.
