This thesis attempts to illuminate and problematize the marriage of capitalism and colonialism that results in the widespread appropriation of Indigenous expressions of culture, and in particular, totem poles. This project complicates our understanding of totem poles as they have been presented in the marketplace and restores some of the intricate legal meaning to these incredible works. First, I examine Canadian intellectual property law and colonial policies of cultural erasure like the potlatch ban. Next, I explore the use of rights discourse, or legalism, as a potential route for solutions to this issue. I then conduct case studies of three totem poles. I examine one totem pole as a commodity, one functioning as a piece of art and someone's livelihood, and one as part of a Tlingit legal tradition. This last totem, as a materially appropriated object, provides an opportunity to explore the treatment of totem poles in proper context and also functions as a suggested solution to Indigenous art appropriation more broadly. My intervention on this last totem reframes these issues in a non-Western legal cannon to attempt to address these difficult legal questions. My examination of these three totems serves to destabilize our understanding of totem poles sold in the marketplace, and to broaden our understanding of totems as manifestations of Indigenous laws. / Graduate

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 2008. / Advisor : Catherine Wilkinson Zerner. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-191) and index.

The exhibition “Terrance Houle & Adrian Stimson: Exploring Indigenous Masculinities” showcased the performance art of Terrance Houle (Blood/Ojibway) and Adrian Stimson (Siksika) at the Union Gallery in Kingston, Ontario from March 20th to March 22nd, 2012. Both artists used the occasion to interrogate how Indigenous identities are constructed and perceived. The artists’ interaction with the audience and the space of the gallery itself acted to destabilize lingering colonial beliefs about Indigenous identity. This thesis explores how the Kingston performances investigate the historical construction of Indigenous masculine identities. Through the artists’ own embodiment of historical knowledge (both colonial and Indigenous knowledges) and their interaction with the audience and gallery space, the performances challenged and reimagined colonial perceptions of Indigenous masculine identity as a singular, static form. The performances served to translate alternative knowledges about Indigenous men and models of Indigenous masculinity, a dynamic I analyze in this thesis as a larger set of tactics and effects available to artists decolonizing Indigenous masculinities. / Thesis (Master, Cultural Studies) -- Queen's University, 2012-09-25 21:04:21.008

This thesis discusses the recent construction and anthropological collaboration of the Paris museum: Musée du quai Branly (MQB), an art museum dedicated to showcasing art collections specific to aboriginal and indigenous cultures in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania. The opening of MQB in June 2006 raised a plethora of controversial questions concerning the museum’s methods of curatorial display of the art it has made its primary focus. One of the major issues discussed examines the Quai Branly’s authentic, or inauthentic, representation of certain artworks displayed throughout the museum. Thus, the essay raises the questions: does a non-Western object remain authentic once it is exhibited in a Western society’s art museum? To answer this question, the essay explores the various explanations of art and authenticity in order to reach an understandable conclusion of what constitutes an authentic display of non-Western objects in a Western art museum.

This thesis explores factors that determine the price for Australian art sold at auction. Using a large data set that comprises over 20,000 sale observations of Australian paintings sold between 1995 and 2003 characteristics associated with the artist, the work and auction are included in a series of hedonic models. In addition to modelling the overall market, differences within defined market segments for Indigenous and Non-indigenous art are explored. The role of artist identity and critical acclaim, the period in which art works are created and the event of an artist death are areas of specific focus within the analysis along with an investigation of the risks and returns associated with Australian art investment. It is found that artist identity is a crucial factor that drives price. Further, the most highly valued Non-indigenous art works are found to be created prior to 1900, although the market for Contemporary art produced post 1980 is associated with relatively high prices also. Distinctions emerge between Indigenous and Non-indigenous art as we consider the period in which works are created and the influence this has upon price. Almost 90 per cent of Indigenous art sold at auction has been created since 1970 and it is works from the 1970s that command the highest prices for Indigenous art sold at auction. This is not unexpected given the rise of Indigenous art in the early 1970s coinciding with the emergence of the Papunya Tula art movement. The death of an artist also proves to have a different influence upon price when we compared Indigenous and Non-indigenous art. For Non-indigenous art there is clear evidence of a death effect upon art prices, where prices typically rise around the time of an artists death before falling back somewhat with the passing of time. For Indigenous art the influence of a living artist's conditional life expectancy upon price proves to be of greater relevance in explaining price where as the artist ages and the term of their life expectancy reduces prices tend to rise. The analysis within this thesis finishes with the construction of a number of short term art price indices where it is found that returns to investment in Indigenous art are generally higher and less risky compared to Non-indigenous art. Australian art generally and Indigenous art in particular is found to have a relatively weak correlation with the stock market suggesting that Australian art has a role to play in a balanced investment portfolio especially taking into account the aesthetic utility that can also be derived as a result of holding art. The research contributes to understanding how the auction market for Australian art operates with emphasis paid to the distinctions and similarities observed within the sub-markets for Indigenous and Non-indigenous art. Insights from this research have the potential to inform public policy on a number of issues including the effect of resale royalties upon the operation of the auction market, and how indigenous economic development may be facilitated through a strong market for Indigenous art.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Canterbury, 2009. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-136). Also available via the World Wide Web.

In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission made their final recommendations for Canadian society to address cultural genocide: by affirming stories of survivors, taking personal and professional inventory of their practices and making concrete steps to meet the Calls to Action. In particular, the TRC recognized damage done by museums and art galleries to perpetuate colonialism and yet, believed that these institutions could be sites of justice, particularly in relation to arts and artists The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, an institution steeped in colonialism and under pressure to create accountable relationships with Indigenous communities, began to act by revamping their education program for school age children entitled the Gallery in the Schools art program. My study asked Indigenous artists and educators to contribute their ideas for a new art program. I used a blended research of community based and decolonizing research models, contextualized within decolonizing and critical theoretical frameworks. Overall, research findings suggest that process is as important as the end product in the context of reconciliation and decolonization. Significantly, relationships were esteemed over the concept of reconciliation. These finding further imply that a successful art program would ground pedagogical content within a critical historical framework, be informed by a fluid understanding of identity and search out possibilities of hope. The theoretical implications of this study support increased contributions by Indigenous artists as key policy makers, who will challenge the deeply embedded power structures of institutions and offer alternative ways to share power and support Indigenous envisioned futures. / Graduate

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Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2017-10-31T17:31:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Ronaldo Cardoso da SIlva.pdf: 2484740 bytes, checksum: 83d6d2139c83ab0a39203dd4e6c84dfd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-31T17:31:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Ronaldo Cardoso da SIlva.pdf: 2484740 bytes, checksum: 83d6d2139c83ab0a39203dd4e6c84dfd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-10-17 / This dissertation portrays a research carried out with students of the Integrated Technical Course on Agropecu?ria PRO-EJA Indigenous of the Federal Institute of Amazonas - IFAM, in the Municipality of Tabatinga, located in the western part of the state of Amazonas. It has, among others, the purpose of proposing didactic strategies for the teaching and learning processes of Geometry, based on the relation of the contents of geometry with geometric patterns observed in the confection processes and handicrafts of the Ticuna indigenous peoples of the Umaria?? Indigenous Community, as well as suggest some pedagogical activities to be worked using these elements. The methodology of this work consists in the application of a questionnaire to evaluate the level of understanding and the importance of geometry for the students and for the course, in detailed observations of the student?s presentation during the seminars where the students presented results of their researches. The realization of craft workshops aiming to establish a relationship between the geometric patterns studied and those found in this process, and their possible application in problems of their daily life. During the seminars and in the confection activities it was noticed that the handicrafts facilitated the understanding of the basic contents of geometry because they are part of the socio-cultural context of the student. The satisfaction and motivation for the recognition of their culture were evidenced in the evaluation. In this way, it can be said that indigenous handicrafts can facilitate the teaching and learning processes of geometry for these students. This work also intends to make a modest contribution to the mathematics teachers of the indigenous schools with some suggestions of activities that can be developed by the students of the community with the intention of making the learning more meaningful and pleasant for the students and also to strengthen the traditional culture of the Ticunas / Esta disserta??o retrata uma pesquisa realizada com alunos do Curso T?cnico Integrado em Agropecu?ria PRO-EJA Ind?gena do Instituto Federal do Amazonas ? IFAM, situado no Munic?pio de Tabatinga, localizado no oeste do estado do Amazonas. Tem, entre outras, a finalidade de propor estrat?gias did?ticas para os processos de ensino e aprendizagem da Geometria, baseada na rela??o dos conte?dos de geometria com padr?es geom?tricos observados nos processos de confec??o e nos artesanatos dos povos ind?genas da etnia Ticuna da Comunidade ind?gena Umaria??, bem como sugerir algumas atividades pedag?gicas para serem trabalhadas utilizando esses elementos. A metodologia deste trabalho consiste na aplica??o de um question?rio para avaliar o n?vel de entendimento e a import?ncia da geometria para os alunos e para o curso, em observa??es detalhadas da apresenta??o dos alunos durante os semin?rios onde os discentes apresentaram resultados de suas pesquisas. A realiza??o de oficinas de confec??o de artesanatos visando estabelecer rela??o entre os padr?es geom?tricos estudados com os encontrados nesse processo, e sua poss?vel aplica??o em problemas do seu cotidiano. Durante os semin?rios e nas atividades de confec??o percebeu-se que os artesanatos facilitaram o entendimento dos conte?dos b?sicos de geometria por fazerem parte do contexto sociocultural do discente. A satisfa??o e motiva??o pelo reconhecimento de sua cultura foram evidenciados na avalia??o. Desta forma, pode-se afirmar que os artesanatos ind?genas, podem facilitar os processos de ensino e aprendizagem da geometria para estes discentes. Este trabalho pretende ainda dar uma modesta contribui??o aos docentes de matem?tica das escolas ind?genas com algumas sugest?es de atividades que podem ser desenvolvidas pelos alunos da comunidade com o intuito de tornar a aprendizagem mais significativa e prazerosa para os discentes e tamb?m fortalecer a cultura tradicional dos Ticunas.

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