(In)Visibility and (Mis)Representation: First Nations and Social Justice
This paper, based on summer fieldwork made possible through the auspicesof an undergraduate student research award, examines the followingthemes: 1) the construction of First Nations activists as the Dangerous Other,delegitimizing calls for social justice; 2) the construction of indigenouspeople as...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Victoria
2010
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/platforum/article/view/1112 |
| Summary: | This paper, based on summer fieldwork made possible through the auspicesof an undergraduate student research award, examines the followingthemes: 1) the construction of First Nations activists as the Dangerous Other,delegitimizing calls for social justice; 2) the construction of indigenouspeople as helpless victims in need of saving by a colonial government,drawing attention away from centuries of colonial interference in almostevery aspect of life; and 3) how patriotism relates to these issues. It is apreliminary work that forms the basis for later graduate work, focused oncommunity organizing and deconstructing delegitimizing representationsof First Nations activists. |
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