Reclaiming Culture : Indigenous People and Self-Representation

This Book Focuses On The Renewal (or Rekindling) Of Cultural Identity, Especially In Populations Previously Considered Extinct. At The Same Time, Hendry Sets Out To Explain The Importance Of Ensuring The Survival Of These Cultures. By Drawing A Fine And Textured Picture Of These Cultures, Hendry Illuminates Extraordinary Diversity That Was, At One Point, Seriously Endangered, And Explains Why It Should Matter In Today's World. Museums Are Transformed -- Aboriginal Tourism And That Elusive Authenticity -- Indigenous Or Alter-native Forms Of Cultural Display -- Language And Formal Cultural Education -- Art, Architecture, And Native Creativity -- Land Claims, Archaeology, And New Communities -- International Links, Cultural Exchange, And Personal Identity -- What We Can Learn. Joy Hendry. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book focuses on the renewal (or rekindling) of cultural identity, especially in populations previously considered "extinct." Building on several years of research Joy Hdndry recounts a whole range of exciting ways in which people in different parts of the world are doing that reclaiming, while at the same time setting out to explain the importance of the movement. She creates a fine and textured picture of extraordinary diversity that was almost obliterated, demonstrating the bredth and epth of its vibrancy. Hendry also guides readers to visit for themselves some of the many interesting new public outlets that havesprung up around the world as part of this movement of resilience and renewal, and suggests ways in which we might all learn form them. Includes information on Africa, Ainu, Algonquin, archaeology, architecture, art/arts, Australia, Blackfoot/feet people, Calgary, Canada, carving, Cayuga, Cree, dance, education, elders, festivals, Fiji, film, First Nations, food, French, Haida, Haudenosaunee, Hawaii, healing, heritage, history, Hokkaido, identity, Iroquoian, Japan/Japanese, Kahnawake, Kenya, Lakota people, land, language, laws, Manitoba, Maori, Mexico, Mohawk, Montana, museums, music, names, New York, New Zealand, Nunavut, Ojibwe, Ontario, Pangnirtung, Polynesian, powwows, repatriation, respect, Salish, schools, shops, singing, Six Nations, story/stories, Tanzania, Toronto, tourism, tourists, Vancouver, Vanuatu, Victoria, wampum, Woodland Cultural Centre, Wounded Knee, Yellowknife, Yukon, etc In Reason, Culture, Religion, Ralph Pettman calls for wider recognition of, and greater commitment to, the "new" international relations, a discipline much more comprehensive and cosmopolitan than the "old." He first documents the way modernist analysts describe and explain world politics. Pettman then explores two ways in which the constraints on modernist thinking are transgressed: communalist ("pre-modernist") alternatives to the modernist project and sacralist ("anti-modernist") alternatives to the Christian tradition of which the modernist project is a part. The first part of the book provides a systematic overview of the study of world politics, first in analytic form, and then in the form of a film script. The second part of the book highlights the modernist construction of this study by providing a detailed account of the world politics of world heritage. The third part of the book locates modernist world politics in its sacral context by discussing Taoist strategics, Buddhist economics, Islamic civics, Confucian marxism, Hindu constructivism, Pagan feminism, and Animist environmentalism. It concludes by asking what a world affairs worthy of the name would be Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 9 Note on Spelling and Terminology......Page 10 Prologue......Page 11 Introduction......Page 14 1 Museums are Transformed......Page 41 2 Aboriginal Tourism and that Elusive Authenticity......Page 69 3 Indigenous or Alter-Native Forms of Cultural Display......Page 94 4 Language and Formal Cultural Education......Page 118 5 Arts, Architecture, and Native Creativity......Page 144 6 Land Claims, Archaeology, and New Communities......Page 169 7 International Links, Cultural Exchange, and Personal Identity......Page 191 8 Conclusions: What We Can Learn......Page 213 Epilogue......Page 231 A......Page 234 C......Page 236 E......Page 239 F......Page 240 H......Page 241 J......Page 243 L......Page 244 M......Page 245 N......Page 247 P......Page 248 R......Page 249 S......Page 250 T......Page 252 V......Page 253 W......Page 254 Z......Page 255 Cover 1 Contents 8 List of Figures 9 Note on Spelling and Terminology 10 Prologue 11 Introduction 14 1 Museums are Transformed 41 2 Aboriginal Tourism and that Elusive Authenticity 69 3 Indigenous or Alter-Native Forms of Cultural Display 94 4 Language and Formal Cultural Education 118 5 Arts, Architecture, and Native Creativity 144 6 Land Claims, Archaeology, and New Communities 169 7 International Links, Cultural Exchange, and Personal Identity 191 8 Conclusions: What We Can Learn 213 Epilogue 231 Index 234 A 234 B 236 C 236 D 239 E 239 F 240 G 241 H 241 I 243 J 243 K 244 L 244 M 245 N 247 O 248 P 248 Q 249 R 249 S 250 T 252 U 253 V 253 W 254 X 255 Y 255 Z 255 Reason, Culture, Religion book provides a systematic overview of the study of world politics. The author then locates modernist world politics in its sacral context by discussing Taoist strategics, Buddhist economics, Islamic civics, Confucian Marxism, Hindu constructivism, Pagan feminism and Animist environmentalism. It concludes by asking what a world affairs worthy of the name would be. This book provides a vivid critique of the modernist analysis of world politics by focusing on communalist and sacral discourses, and by asking: what might be a world affairs worthy of the name?