In response to the violences that come with the process of colonization, Indigenous communities have in other words developed ways to include ideas and values that are hidden or only referred to obliquely, never intended to be understood by those in the dominant culture, ensuring that cultural practices and beliefs remain in ways that are invisible to the colonial gaze, but scream loudly to the colonized.
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MER ENN ET PLAGG
GÁKTI SOM FORTELLING OG JURIDISK DOKUMENT. Den siste tida har media florert av meninger og ytringer om den samiske kofta, eller gákti [nordsamisk]. For det første så syns jeg det er veldig trist at spørsmål om koftebruk og hvem som har rett til å bruke kofte reduseres til identitetspolitikk. Nå har riktignok nyere forskning pekt…
INDIGENOUS AND NATURE
» And so, Indigenous eventually came to occupy the domain of nature, far removed from the “cultured” colonist. In time, culture would come to be defined by reference to its opposing concept, nature. Similarly, the “noble savage”, or the Indigenous would become the other to the colonizer»
#JESUISSIV OG KOFTA SOM FORSVANT
Allikevel synes folk flest, i hvert fall etter norsk offentlighet å dømme, at det er greit å kle seg ut som Pocahontas – for «det gjør man jo tross alt som barn».
«You will never reach the standards of academic writing»
«Having dyslexia should never be a source of shame, but if someone is shaming you for that reason, then just know that that’s on them and never on you.»
In the beginning
where I soon learned that Indiana Jones did not equal a realistic portrayal of archaeologists. Still, I grew to love it
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