Module Six Flashcards
Indigenous intellectual traditions are most often expressed by:
Indigenous visual arts
Intellectual traditions are:
Spoken, written, sung words, or images and forms that relay history and philosophy
What is a world view?
Ways of perceiving the world
How do indigenous world views emerge?
Peoples close relationship with the environment though socialization and social interaction
What is the native literary nationalism?
Name of intellectual and activist movement within Native American literary studies that is best studied through the lens of American Indian culture and philosophical traditions
Indigenous music has:
No set definition
When did oral traditions begin?
Started right from creation
What is used in oral stories as a way of getting around challenging issues?
Humour
What is agency?
Ability to make decisions on their own and choose their own kind of future and past history. To be independent yet play key roles in their communities
What is indigenous music often linked to?
The spirit world
What is embedded into everything indigenous people do?
Spirituality
What is cultural appropriation?
Adoption of some specific elements of one culture by a different culture; the head dress
What aspects are included in cultural appropriation?
Forms of dress, music, art, religion, Language or social behaviour
What is referred to as the heartbeat of Mother Earth?
The drum
How is a drum treated in indigenous culture?
Treated as a living thing. It is held with great respect, and is treated much like a child
Music today is a result of what?
Assimilation and resistance
What is decolonization?
A healing process both for individuals and the community
What can decolonization include?
Grief Rage Anger Empowerment Somewhat like PTSD
What are some daily acts of renewal?
Becoming reconnected with culture through prayer, song, art, and language
What is resurgence
Reflects the spiritual, cultural, economic, social, and political scope of the struggle of a particular nation or people.
Media is used to:
Express intellectual tradition through performance
What are the main Themes of UNDRIP
- Then right to self determinism
- The right to be recognized as distinct people’s
- The right to free,prior. and conformed consent
- The right to be free of discrimination
What are the four parts to the resurgence strategy?
- Confronting linguistic genocide
- Confronting funding
- visioning resurgence
- Need to awaken ancient treaty mechanism
What are the politics of distraction?
Rights
Reconciliation
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