A Carnival of Truth? Knowledge, Ignorance and the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

James, Matt

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“…What are the consequences of the construction of reconciliation (cf. James 2012;Woolford 2004;Corntassel and Holder 2008) on these terms? Murphy's claims are made out as statements of fact, but actually rely upon-and are justified by-an evaluative framework that denies the possibility of informed and reciprocal discussion.…”

Section: Discrediting Protestmentioning

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Diversipede (April 2016) Volume 2, Number 1: FULL TEXT

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2017

SAJA

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T his paper will focus on how the anthropology of the senses, in particular studies about touch, can help us to understand the embodied experience of martial arts. Psychological research done in response to the growing popularity of martial arts in the 1970s has suggested that martial arts training can increase confidence and assertiveness while lowering levels of aggression. A more phenomenological approach to the study of martial arts has also revealed how culture shapes the practitioners subjective, embodied experiences. As I will outline in this paper, phenomenological methodology, drawing from existing literature and my own experiences, offers another means of exploring experiences of the body through training and fighting. As both an anthropologist and a martial artist, I have experienced firsthand how the anthropology of the senses can help us to understand how social and cultural forces shape the way we experience our bodies. 'Rubbing PeoPle the WRong Way'There are many idioms that refer to touch as a form of communication, and researchers who have studied touch in relation to health have observed that touch is essential to normal human development (Andersen 2011; Hertenstein 2011). Touch is necessary for the maintenance of physical and psychological health because it fosters intimacy and emotional connections. It often expresses feelings of warmth and love; in severe cases, touch deprivation can result in emotional, mental, and immunological problems. Touch can also be an act of aggression or coercion, but whether it is attracting or repelling, touch is the medium through which we have some of our deepest sensual experiences. In the edited volume Handbook of Touch (2011), Mathew Hertenstein discusses the crucial role that touch plays in communication. Touch can communicate a wide variety of sentiments that are context-dependent. As a form of communication, touch has both equifinality and equipotentiality. Equifinality re- vol. 2, No. 1, 2016 fers to how the same idea can be communicated through different forms of touch. For example, support at a funeral in a typical Euro-Canadian context can be expressed through a handshake or a hug, and is usually coupled with verbal condolences. Equipotentiality refers to how the same touch can be ascribed different meanings that depend on the relationship between the two people touching as well as the situational and cultural context. For example, in Western sports a pat on the bum by a familiar teammate is usually understood as a show of support and encouragement, whereas a pat on the bum by an unfamiliar person in almost any other context can be seen as an unwelcome, aggressive, and highly sexualized gesture. These examples highlight the role touch plays in communicating intimacy. As Hertenstein (2011, 307) notes, "To be perceived positively, the intimacy of the touch must be congruent with the intimacy of the relationship." In this way, touch can indicate the nature of a relationship as well as what stage of intimacy the relationship is at (Finnegan 2005).Th...

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Section: Discrediting Protestmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Statements from both officials and lay participants in TRC processes, however, suggest that interpersonal reconciliation -the importance of forgiveness and personal healing -is primary. 99 And while some former students have thought of the IRS teachers and administrators as the audience for their testimony, sometimes expressing a wish to be able to confront and/or forgive their teachers in person, 100 one observer of the Winnipeg gathering in June 2012 wrote:…”

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Reconciliation in Translation: Indigenous Legal Traditions and Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Anker

2017

WYAJ

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One of the key elements of reconciliation identified in the recent final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada [TRC] Un des principaux éléments de la réconciliation établis dans le récent rapport final de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada [CVR] est la revitalisation du droit autochtone et des traditions juridiques autochtones. À vrai dire, la CVR elle-même a tenté d'intégrer ce principe dans ses pratiques. Cependant, une des craintes relatives à la réconciliation chapeautée par l'État est que la reconnaissance des traditions juridiques

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“…81 In Canada, a restrictive focus on the experiences of certain residential school claimants was used by the government to shift attention from the question of group-based and socioeconomic rights for indigenous Canadians. 82 In Australia, government reconciliation initiatives can be understood as a case of reconciliation without justice, particularly in the context of a continuing colonial framework. 83 In other contexts, symbolic acknowledgements of past injustice, such as apologies, truth commissions and commissions of inquiry, have generally been used in lieu of rather than in combination with other initiatives to redress the past, such as reparations.…”

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Rethinking Transitional Justice, Redressing Indigenous Harm: A New Conceptual Approach

Balint¹,

Evans²,

McMillan³

2014

International Journal of Transitional Justice

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Transitional justice has become the dominant international framework for redressing mass harm. To date, however, transitional justice has not adequately accounted for past colonial harms and their ongoing effects. How to confront and redress structural harm has been beyond the purview of its framework. Taking ongoing historical and structural harms against indigenous peoples in Australia as a reference point, we draw on the insights of settler colonial theory to propose a new justice model for transitional justice.

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A Carnival of Truth? Knowledge, Ignorance and the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Cited by 46 publications

References 5 publications

Diversipede (April 2016) Volume 2, Number 1: FULL TEXT

Diversipede (April 2016) Volume 2, Number 1: FULL TEXT

Reconciliation in Translation: Indigenous Legal Traditions and Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Rethinking Transitional Justice, Redressing Indigenous Harm: A New Conceptual Approach

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