Canada's first nations and museums A Saskatchewan experience

Conaty, Gerald T.

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“…Or it may involve consultation with community members during the process of exhibition development, including the possibility of a community member participating on the development team. This has been the case with the creation of Native peoples galleries at the Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History and the New York State Museum (Conaty, 1989;Sullivan, 1989). Such consultation was found useful in identifying objects to whose display Native sensitivities objected, in furnishing the interpretive perspective of the represented cultural group, and in thereby (it was hoped) authenticating exhibit interpretation and avoiding unnecessary confrontation with the Native community.…”

Section: Museums and Cultural Minorities: Models For Cooperationmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Hardly surprising, then, that museums in colonial nations, as validations of the monocultural world-view and the power-base of the colonizing conquerors, have been described by members of cultural minorities as tools of western imperialism (T. Conaty, 1989: 407; Kurin, 1990: 14;Tawadros, 1990). Nor that Native peoples in North America are scarce among museum visitors.…”

Section: Canadian Cultural Identitymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…We believe we are very, very much here now, and we are going to be very important in the future. (Preserving Our Hentage, 1988) At a time when Natives are voicing their objections to their cultures being interpreted, as they believe unsympathetically, by a museum profession infused with European cultural ideology, museums are fortunately beginning to acknowledge the unavoidably subjective nature of interpretation, never independent of the interpreter's ethnocentric biases; there is growing acceptance of the idea that no subject can really be understood unless explored from different perspectives (Conaty, 1989: 407; Huston, 1990: 338). In a multicultural nation with a colonial history, such as Canada, interpretation can be a minefield.…”

Section: Canadian Cultural Identitymentioning

confidence: 97%

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Canadian Museums and the Representation of Culture in a Multicultural Nation

MacDonald

Alsford

1995

Cultural Dynamics

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Section: Museums and Cultural Minorities: Models For Cooperationmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Canadian Cultural Identitymentioning

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Section: Canadian Cultural Identitymentioning

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Canadian Museums and the Representation of Culture in a Multicultural Nation

MacDonald

Alsford

1995

Cultural Dynamics

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“…The largest transformations are found in places where source communities are local, primarily in settler states. Today, museums in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia are involving their indigenous populations in the representation of their own culture -either through consultation, offering space for self-representation or by facilitating genuine co-productions (Conaty 1989, Peers and Brown 2003, Lonetree and Cobb 2008.…”

Section: Co-creation and Community Involvementmentioning

confidence: 99%

New Futures for Old Collections - Contemporary Collecting and Community Involvement at the National Museum of Denmark

Gabriel¹

2017

Mus. Soc.

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In recognition of altered global relations since colonial times, the Ethnographic Collections at the National Museum of Denmark have identified a need to redefine their role in society. The Ethnographic Collections explore new ways of activating old collections – ways, which include contemporary collecting, co-curation and dialogue with the communities from where the collections derive. Through three recent projects, this paper revolves around questions such as: How can we make associations between the old collections and contemporary society? How do we prioritize, when collecting the contemporary? And how do we ensure that community involvement not only challenges the authority of museums, but also informs museological practices in new and constructive ways?Key words: Ethnography, representation, contextualization, partnerships, contemporary collecting, knowledge sharing, co-curation.

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“…Collaborative exhibitions that reflect partnership with inclusion and full participation have been documented along with the recognition of First Nation knowledge and cultural practices. 55 The writing on repatriation by indigenous people has likewise been an area of inquiry 56 and for Hill repatriation is about reconnection and regenerating identity: "Repatriation became the 52 See Clavir, 2002;Clifford, 1997;Conaty, 1989;Healy and Witcomb, 2006;Karp and Lavine, 1991;Knell, Macleod and Watson, 2007;Simpson, 1996;Stanley, 2007. 53 Rosoff, Nancy.…”

Section: Museums and Source Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

He mana taonga, he mana tangata: Māori taonga and the politics of Māori tribal identity and development

Hakiwai¹

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<p>In museum studies, museums have been examined in terms of their historical role in collecting and exhibiting the culture of colonized peoples, and their contemporary participation in identity politics, repatriation and relationships with source communities, but their role in indigenous tribal development has never been the focus of a major study. This thesis sets out to examine this phenomenon and thereby address a major gap in the literature. In New Zealand, Māori tribes are actively pursuing social, cultural and economic development initiatives as an expression of their mana motuhake or self-determination. The development ethos that is guiding many of these tribes has at its core the wellbeing of their people and the importance of their culture and tribal identity to social and economic development. The research into this extraordinary politics of Māori tribal identity and development seeks to understand the role Māori taonga play both historically and within contemporary Māori communities as part of tribal self-determination and the advancement of Māori development and identity. The questions framing the study include the following: What is the nature of Māori taonga and what is their relationship with the politics of Māori tribal identity and development? What value are museums, collections of taonga or other cultural heritage in the process of iwi development which is taking place during the Waitangi claims process and Post Settlement phase? Using a research methodology that incorporates a Kaupapa Māori paradigm, as well as methodologies used in museum studies and related fields, this research investigates the experiences of a number of Māori tribes with regard to their tribal taonga and cultural heritage projects including tribal exhibitions. Major case studies include Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Porou along with an examination of secondary sources such, as tribal websites, tribal visions and strategic plans, and other published materials. The research findings demonstrate that taonga are important and enduring symbols of Māori identity, which are often used in the assertion and promotion of tribal self-determination and development. Māori tribal values such as mana, whakapapa, manaakitanga, tikanga, kōrero, whanaungatanga and kaitiakitanga along with taonga related kupu (words) shape and influence many tribal development strategies. The literature and interviews from tribal members confirm the enduring significance of taonga to whānau, hapū and iwi. The research demonstrates the role taonga play in sustaining the inter-generational continuity of tribal culture and the ‘connectedness’ of taonga to the wider culture, including the pivotal role they play in informing and shaping tribal development futures.</p>

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Canada's first nations and museums A Saskatchewan experience

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Canadian Museums and the Representation of Culture in a Multicultural Nation

Canadian Museums and the Representation of Culture in a Multicultural Nation

New Futures for Old Collections - Contemporary Collecting and Community Involvement at the National Museum of Denmark

He mana taonga, he mana tangata: Māori taonga and the politics of Māori tribal identity and development

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