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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Indigenous art"”.
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Wokiksuye : the politics of memory in Indigenous art, monuments, and public space
The powers of creativity and symbolism that art draws upon have been used in the public realm to uplift and also to oppress. Within this context, art, from Indigenous perspectives, can positively influence the collective imaginations and wokiksuye (memory) of society. Indigenous intervention into …
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Indigenous art in urban renewal: The emergence and development of artistic communities in midwestern post-industrial cities
<p>Art has been shown in the academic literature to have potentially transformative effects on urban neighborhoods. Artistic communities in particular strengthen community participation and leadership, create a nightlife that can support business, low crime, and attract tourists.</p> <p>Policy …
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K-12 Art Educators Learning from Indigenous Insight and Voices: A Collaborative Arts-Based Case Rooted with/in Moh’kins’tsis/Calgary, Alberta
For over twenty years, Indigenous scholars, and their aspiring allies from around the world have been conducting educational research that has generated a wealth of evidence that “learning and teaching are an essential means of protecting and sustaining Indigenous forms of knowledge” (Smith, 2010a, …
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Thunderbird: Embracing Indigenous Voices of Resistance
“Indigenous people have not surrendered to the colonial structures embedded within the current government” (Karim). For over four centuries, Indigenous identities, stories, and lifestyles were silenced due to aggressive actions of settler colonialism. Initially, this was accomplished through …
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Imagining Jazzocracy: Notes Toward a new Democratic Subject
<p>What does participatory democracy look like? This essay finds an answer in the indigenous art form of the United States—jazz. Political engagement in America must learn from the jazz aesthetic which realizes the communal projects of individuals in concert. After a brief survey of the biological, …
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Nem nobre, nem selvagem: reflexões sobre arte indígena contemporânea de Abya Yala
… dissertation presents thoughts on Contemporary Indigenous Art from Abya Yala, considering the historical factors and social constructions that permeate its formation as an artistic movement with an activist nature. Artworks and exhibitions of indigenous authors and themes have grown …
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Igbobuagu: An Exploration of Performance Practices, Aesthetics, and Symbolism in Igbo Traditional Instrumental Music
… memory. Drawing on the communal philosophies articulated by J.H. Kwabena Nketia, Meki Nzewi, and John Miller Chernoff et al., the study highlights Igbobuagu as a participatory tradition where collective performance reinforces community identity and social cohesion. Using a semiotic perspective …
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The Contestation of the European Nation-state by curators and artists participating in La Biennale di Venezia and documenta.
… these influential figures sought to redefine the artistic and political trajectories of the biennales. Additionally, individual artworks are discussed, as contributors to the overall curatorial projects, recognizing their role as carriers of knowledge and political tools within the contemporary …
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10,000 Drowned: Commemorating the Caribou
… to offer insight into how contemporary forms of Indigenous art-making continue from traditional Cree knowledge practices. I returned to the site of the drownings many times. I mapped the caribou migration territory from a bird’s-eye view. I talked to elders and others about this event. But it was …
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Images, Institutions and Evolving Nation: Transformations in Australian art, museums, and the cultural imaginary in the 20th century
… framework, with a special focus on museums and art institutions in national life, to analyse the impact of enduring fractures within Australia's evolving nationhood in the twentieth century. These faultlines are traced through a continuing British Imperial legacy of denied colonial conquest of …
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Images, Institutions and Evolving Nation: Transformations in Australian art, museums, and the cultural imaginary in the 20th century
… framework, with a special focus on museums and art institutions in national life, to analyse the impact of enduring fractures within Australia's evolving nationhood in the twentieth century. These faultlines are traced through a continuing British Imperial legacy of denied colonial conquest of …
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Re-centering Indigenous Knowledge Systems into Contemporary Jazz Bass
… aims to determine how one can incorporate indigenous music and performance practices into contemporary jazz using the double bass and bass guitar as tools for mediation. It specifically investigates the Southern African and the Middle-Eastern regions via the Indian Ocean connection. This …
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Haunting visions: The refusal of settler-colonial containment in C. Ree’s Dark Water and annie ross’s Pots and Other Living Beings
… concepts of haunting that figure in contemporary Indigenous or anti- colonial thought. By focusing on acts of settler-colonial violence embedded in surroundings that have been rendered neutral, Ree and ross utilize a hauntology. They alter their audiences’ perception of the spaces they work in, …
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Catching Shadows: The Exhibition of Intangible Heritage of Oceania in Lisa Reihana’s in Pursuit of Venus [infected]
… through interviewing various curators of the artwork, it is clear that curators privilege film’s ability to represent complex aspects of culture, like ICH, and utilize the medium to engage with the decolonizing objectives of museums. It is ultimately how ICH characterizes every facet of iPOVi …