This thesis explores changing perceptions, theory, structure and policy within art exhibit and
collection catalogues of First Peoples' objects from the Pacific Northwest Coast. This work looks
at emerging viewpoints on material culture and its display over forty years as they present
themselves in catalogue entries, textual content and labeling of Native groups and individuals.
Early concepts based on salvage anthropology such as Native cultural demise and the
degeneration of remaining people weakened as scholarship changed from a predominantly
anthropological understanding of the objects to an aesthetic understanding based in art history.
Political actions by Native groups have demanded policy changes within Canadian museum
structure that includes the Native voice in curatorial decisions and textual discussions on both old
and new objects. These very policy changes bring with them increased responsibility for the
museum as well as new challenges of representation of the objects and their makers. The theme
explored in this thesis is the changing role and responsibility of academia in the representation of
the Other.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/11730 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Goudie, Tanya |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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