Use of Tlingit art and identity by non-Tlingit people in Sitka, Alaska
Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2014 Tlingit culture, as with many Indigenous cultures that exist under colonial rule, is often described as being in danger of disappearing. Despite this, the appropriation of and subsequent use of cultural practices by non-Tlingit people, and especiall...
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ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/4587 2023-05-15T18:33:09+02:00 Use of Tlingit art and identity by non-Tlingit people in Sitka, Alaska Kreiss-Tomkins, David Anahita, Sine Leonard, Beth Mehner, Da-ka-xeen 2014-05 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/4587 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/11122/4587 Northern Studies Program Thesis ma 2014 ftunivalaska 2023-02-23T21:36:15Z Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2014 Tlingit culture, as with many Indigenous cultures that exist under colonial rule, is often described as being in danger of disappearing. Despite this, the appropriation of and subsequent use of cultural practices by non-Tlingit people, and especially white people, is a continuation of the process of colonization when it is enacted in a manner that is not critical of current and historical racism, capitalist pressures and colonial violence. This project addresses the topic through recorded conversations with seven Tlingit women in Sitka, Alaska in an attempt to place Tlingit cultural production and use in the broader contexts of Indigenous cultural sovereignty and resistance to US imperial power. While various types and extremes of cultural appropriation are examined and compared to theory examining privilege and oppression, this project does not delineate general rules for appropriate and inappropriate use of culture. Thesis tlingit Alaska University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA Fairbanks |
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Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2014 Tlingit culture, as with many Indigenous cultures that exist under colonial rule, is often described as being in danger of disappearing. Despite this, the appropriation of and subsequent use of cultural practices by non-Tlingit people, and especially white people, is a continuation of the process of colonization when it is enacted in a manner that is not critical of current and historical racism, capitalist pressures and colonial violence. This project addresses the topic through recorded conversations with seven Tlingit women in Sitka, Alaska in an attempt to place Tlingit cultural production and use in the broader contexts of Indigenous cultural sovereignty and resistance to US imperial power. While various types and extremes of cultural appropriation are examined and compared to theory examining privilege and oppression, this project does not delineate general rules for appropriate and inappropriate use of culture. |
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