Discusses how the work of artists such as Norval Morrisseau, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Heather Shillinglaw, and Bill Reid communicate with and educate their audiences.
Chapter fifteen from How Canadians Communicate IV: Media and Politics edited by David Taras and Christopher Wadell.
[The Force of Fashion in Politics and Society: Global Perspectives from Early Modern to Contemporary Times]
[The History of Retailing and Consumption]
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Cory Willmott
Description
Argues that incorporating traditional elements into modern designs has produced an expression of "intertribal nationhood".
Chapter eight from The Force of Fashion in Politics and Society: Global Perspectives from Early Modern to Contemporary Times edited by Beverly Lemire.
Constructing Locality in Contemporary Canadian Aboriginal Art
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William Kingfisher
Description
Looks at ideology behind decisions about what constitutes authentic art and culture, and how it is viewed by Euro-Canadian society.
Excerpt is chapter two of the author's master's thesis: Constructing Locality in Contemporary Canadian Aboriginal Art.
Suggests that history and tradition play an important role in contemporary Inuit art.
Chapter from Unpacking Culture: Art and Commodity in Colonial and Post-Colonial Worlds edited by R. Phllips and C. Steiner.
Native Art of the Northwest Coast: A History of Changing Ideas
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Charlotte Townsend-Gault
Jennifer Kramer
Ḳi-ḳe-in
Description
Provides overview of anthology which chronicles the history of perceptions about cultural objects as "art".
Preface and introduction to Native Art of the Northwest Coast: A History of Changing Ideas edited by Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Jennifer Kramer, and Ḳi-ḳe-in.
Essay from: Around and About Marius Bareau: Modelling Twentieth-Century Culture edited by Lynda Jessup, Andrew Nurse and Gorden E. Smith. Discusses Barbeau's ethnographic filmmaking of Aboriginal life from a variety of different perspectives.
Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
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Author/Creator
Erich Kasten
Description
Speaks about cultural tradition, interpretation and concepts of ownership.
Introduction from: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten.