Jacob T. Levy
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198297123
- eISBN:
- 9780191599767
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198297122.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
Examines and criticizes a number of more common arguments for the moral importance of political action that protects cultural variety. It argues that different cultures do not embody different ...
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Examines and criticizes a number of more common arguments for the moral importance of political action that protects cultural variety. It argues that different cultures do not embody different moralities which are incommensurable and incapable of judging one another. Whatever the truth of the idea of moral or value pluralism, cultural pluralism is not its march through the world. Arguments grounded in diversity fail to take sufficiently seriously the freedom of group members, and lead to an aestheticization of group difference that actively condemns cultural fluidity. Arguments for cultural preservation that are based in collective action problems typically also fail to take group members’ freedom seriously, and require the imputation of preferences to them that the state has no way to truly discern.Less
Examines and criticizes a number of more common arguments for the moral importance of political action that protects cultural variety. It argues that different cultures do not embody different moralities which are incommensurable and incapable of judging one another. Whatever the truth of the idea of moral or value pluralism, cultural pluralism is not its march through the world. Arguments grounded in diversity fail to take sufficiently seriously the freedom of group members, and lead to an aestheticization of group difference that actively condemns cultural fluidity. Arguments for cultural preservation that are based in collective action problems typically also fail to take group members’ freedom seriously, and require the imputation of preferences to them that the state has no way to truly discern.
Seyla Benhabib
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198296102
- eISBN:
- 9780191599583
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/019829610X.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
Seyla Benhabib's case for universalism is somewhat more cautious. She approaches the lead question through the negative, by contesting various fashionable versions of cognitive relativism, radical ...
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Seyla Benhabib's case for universalism is somewhat more cautious. She approaches the lead question through the negative, by contesting various fashionable versions of cognitive relativism, radical incommensurability, and untranslatability. She then shows the untenability of the (mosaic) multicultural version of relativism. Such relativism, Benhabib says, is ‘poor man's sociology’, relying upon a holistic view of cultures and societies (even evident in the work of Kymlicka) that is at odds with our mixed‐up global world, a context‐transcending ‘pluralist universalism’ becomes ever more a necessity, but fortunately also a reality.Less
Seyla Benhabib's case for universalism is somewhat more cautious. She approaches the lead question through the negative, by contesting various fashionable versions of cognitive relativism, radical incommensurability, and untranslatability. She then shows the untenability of the (mosaic) multicultural version of relativism. Such relativism, Benhabib says, is ‘poor man's sociology’, relying upon a holistic view of cultures and societies (even evident in the work of Kymlicka) that is at odds with our mixed‐up global world, a context‐transcending ‘pluralist universalism’ becomes ever more a necessity, but fortunately also a reality.
Alan Patten
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691159379
- eISBN:
- 9781400850433
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691159379.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
The account of culture in Chapter 2 sets the stage for an account of why culture matters to people. Why is it a bad thing for one's culture to disappear, or for one to be denied the opportunity to ...
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The account of culture in Chapter 2 sets the stage for an account of why culture matters to people. Why is it a bad thing for one's culture to disappear, or for one to be denied the opportunity to participate in some cultural practice? This chapter takes up this question and develops an account of why culture matters that is salient to the strong cultural rights thesis. The thought is that it is bad for people to lose their culture, or to be denied certain cultural opportunities, because the options that are open to them are thereby diminished in an unacceptable way. Any account of this form is vulnerable to a dilemma, and an important implication of the dilemma is that strong cultural rights should not be thought of as rights to cultural preservation.Less
The account of culture in Chapter 2 sets the stage for an account of why culture matters to people. Why is it a bad thing for one's culture to disappear, or for one to be denied the opportunity to participate in some cultural practice? This chapter takes up this question and develops an account of why culture matters that is salient to the strong cultural rights thesis. The thought is that it is bad for people to lose their culture, or to be denied certain cultural opportunities, because the options that are open to them are thereby diminished in an unacceptable way. Any account of this form is vulnerable to a dilemma, and an important implication of the dilemma is that strong cultural rights should not be thought of as rights to cultural preservation.
Patrick J. O'Keefe
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813034607
- eISBN:
- 9780813039510
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813034607.003.0020
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Methodology and Techniques
International conventions, recommendations, and resolutions on preservation of cultural resources provide a guide to how states view various matters and what they are likely to accept if proposals on ...
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International conventions, recommendations, and resolutions on preservation of cultural resources provide a guide to how states view various matters and what they are likely to accept if proposals on public policy are put forward. This chapter takes into account the role of international communities in creating a legal framework for preserving the world's cultural resources. It provides a selected account of the conventions, recommendations, resolutions, and regulations that have shaped cultural resource preservation. The chapter also brings into the limelight different conventions of UNESCO pertaining to heritage management throughout the world.Less
International conventions, recommendations, and resolutions on preservation of cultural resources provide a guide to how states view various matters and what they are likely to accept if proposals on public policy are put forward. This chapter takes into account the role of international communities in creating a legal framework for preserving the world's cultural resources. It provides a selected account of the conventions, recommendations, resolutions, and regulations that have shaped cultural resource preservation. The chapter also brings into the limelight different conventions of UNESCO pertaining to heritage management throughout the world.
Nina Eliasoph
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691147093
- eISBN:
- 9781400838820
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691147093.003.0010
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Stratification, Inequality, and Mobility
This chapter explains that multiculturalism means safety and protection for people who consider themselves minorities, and that they are protecting a tradition by staying apart from the mainstream. ...
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This chapter explains that multiculturalism means safety and protection for people who consider themselves minorities, and that they are protecting a tradition by staying apart from the mainstream. For people who feel “mainstream”—usually white, middle-class—on the other hand, multiculturalism means exploring and mixing with other cultures, not staying apart from them. The chapter illustrates the tensions between these two categories of people as they represent nearly opposite objectives: on the one hand, there are the “mixers,” who aim at experiencing lots of cultures but do not engage in any of them for a significant period of time; on the other, there are the “protectors” who prefer to separate themselves from the mainstream and devote themselves to learning the details of a single culture.Less
This chapter explains that multiculturalism means safety and protection for people who consider themselves minorities, and that they are protecting a tradition by staying apart from the mainstream. For people who feel “mainstream”—usually white, middle-class—on the other hand, multiculturalism means exploring and mixing with other cultures, not staying apart from them. The chapter illustrates the tensions between these two categories of people as they represent nearly opposite objectives: on the one hand, there are the “mixers,” who aim at experiencing lots of cultures but do not engage in any of them for a significant period of time; on the other, there are the “protectors” who prefer to separate themselves from the mainstream and devote themselves to learning the details of a single culture.
Balmiki Prasad Singh
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198060635
- eISBN:
- 9780199080250
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198060635.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This book takes us on a fascinating journey of exploring India through analyses of broader themes and events and some personal accounts. It investigates India's diversified cultural base — language ...
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This book takes us on a fascinating journey of exploring India through analyses of broader themes and events and some personal accounts. It investigates India's diversified cultural base — language and literature; religion and spirituality; visual and performing arts; philosophy, science, and economics; and India's role in Asia. The volume also discusses the relationship between the state and market, the debates regarding cultural preservation, harmonious aspects of Indian culture, the role of administration and the government agencies. This book integrates the two ideas — the uniqueness of India with a developed culture but a developing economy and the recent trend of considering culture as a factor in determining the status of a nation in the world after market and military strength. Providing a wide-ranging view of the various dimensions of culture, it explores the interconnections of culture with the social and political life in India.Less
This book takes us on a fascinating journey of exploring India through analyses of broader themes and events and some personal accounts. It investigates India's diversified cultural base — language and literature; religion and spirituality; visual and performing arts; philosophy, science, and economics; and India's role in Asia. The volume also discusses the relationship between the state and market, the debates regarding cultural preservation, harmonious aspects of Indian culture, the role of administration and the government agencies. This book integrates the two ideas — the uniqueness of India with a developed culture but a developing economy and the recent trend of considering culture as a factor in determining the status of a nation in the world after market and military strength. Providing a wide-ranging view of the various dimensions of culture, it explores the interconnections of culture with the social and political life in India.
Heather A. Diamond
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824831714
- eISBN:
- 9780824869342
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824831714.003.0002
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Pacific Studies
This chapter traces the history of cultural intervention in traditional arts in Hawaiʻi. It first looks at the 1989 Festival of American Folklife, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution, and how it ...
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This chapter traces the history of cultural intervention in traditional arts in Hawaiʻi. It first looks at the 1989 Festival of American Folklife, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution, and how it fit into ongoing negotiations over ethnographic authority. It then considers how, at the end of the monarchy, traditional arts were politicized and collected as a way of establishing a record of indigenous civilization in relation to nineteenth-century ideals held by European powers. It also examines the role of religious institutions and national and local government in shaping ethnic identity by sponsoring ethnographic studies and cultural revivals. Finally, it discusses collaborations between the Hawaiʻi State Foundation for Culture and the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts to establish programs for cultural preservation based on assessments of traditional culture as both valuable and endangered. The chapter shows how tourism and tradition are bound together in the marketing of Hawaiʻi.Less
This chapter traces the history of cultural intervention in traditional arts in Hawaiʻi. It first looks at the 1989 Festival of American Folklife, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution, and how it fit into ongoing negotiations over ethnographic authority. It then considers how, at the end of the monarchy, traditional arts were politicized and collected as a way of establishing a record of indigenous civilization in relation to nineteenth-century ideals held by European powers. It also examines the role of religious institutions and national and local government in shaping ethnic identity by sponsoring ethnographic studies and cultural revivals. Finally, it discusses collaborations between the Hawaiʻi State Foundation for Culture and the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts to establish programs for cultural preservation based on assessments of traditional culture as both valuable and endangered. The chapter shows how tourism and tradition are bound together in the marketing of Hawaiʻi.
Melissa L. Cooper
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781469632681
- eISBN:
- 9781469632704
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469632681.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
Chapter 6 explores the legacies of 1920s and 1930s studies within the Gullah revival and the land battles raging throughout the region. This chapter recounts the marriage of low country blacks' newly ...
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Chapter 6 explores the legacies of 1920s and 1930s studies within the Gullah revival and the land battles raging throughout the region. This chapter recounts the marriage of low country blacks' newly embraced Gullah identity, and their fight for the survival of coastal black communities like Sapelo. Chapter 6 investigates cultural preservation and historic preservation—ideas that became deeply contested categories as Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commissioners and Gullah communities try to define their past and plan their future.Less
Chapter 6 explores the legacies of 1920s and 1930s studies within the Gullah revival and the land battles raging throughout the region. This chapter recounts the marriage of low country blacks' newly embraced Gullah identity, and their fight for the survival of coastal black communities like Sapelo. Chapter 6 investigates cultural preservation and historic preservation—ideas that became deeply contested categories as Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commissioners and Gullah communities try to define their past and plan their future.
Craig T. Palmer
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262013338
- eISBN:
- 9780262259101
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262013338.003.0010
- Subject:
- Biology, Evolutionary Biology / Genetics
This chapter addresses the evolutionary advantages of noninnovation. It suggests two evolutionary benefits to traditions and the metatraditions that promote them, one beginning much earlier in human ...
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This chapter addresses the evolutionary advantages of noninnovation. It suggests two evolutionary benefits to traditions and the metatraditions that promote them, one beginning much earlier in human existence than the other. It notes that metatraditions may contribute to the “descent” aspect of the Darwinian principle of descent with modification. This chapter shows that although the emphasis on cultural preservation may seem to be incongruous with much of the current thinking about innovation and cultural evolution, it actually is compatible (if not synonymous) with Darwin's original views on natural selection.Less
This chapter addresses the evolutionary advantages of noninnovation. It suggests two evolutionary benefits to traditions and the metatraditions that promote them, one beginning much earlier in human existence than the other. It notes that metatraditions may contribute to the “descent” aspect of the Darwinian principle of descent with modification. This chapter shows that although the emphasis on cultural preservation may seem to be incongruous with much of the current thinking about innovation and cultural evolution, it actually is compatible (if not synonymous) with Darwin's original views on natural selection.
Morgan James Luker
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780226385402
- eISBN:
- 9780226385686
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226385686.003.0005
- Subject:
- Music, Ethnomusicology, World Music
This chapter takes the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s 2009 declaration recognizing tango as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity as a ...
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This chapter takes the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s 2009 declaration recognizing tango as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity as a frame for the critical discussion of heritage-making discourses in contemporary Buenos Aires. The discourse and practice of heritage-making frames local cultures as a natural or renewable resource in need of management like any other, providing both legalistic and ethical frameworks for state intervention in newly audible and valuable cultural areas. As such, it could be argued that many if not most aspects of the 2009 tango declaration, and the UNESCO intangible heritage program as a whole, represent nothing more than a further entrenchment of a compulsion towards economic productivity that has become one of the hallmarks of local, national, and international cultural policymaking following the neoliberal turn. At the very least, these features of the program speak to the emergent and multiple values that local cultural differences have begun to take on within new circuits of transnational cultural prestige and economic exchange.Less
This chapter takes the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s 2009 declaration recognizing tango as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity as a frame for the critical discussion of heritage-making discourses in contemporary Buenos Aires. The discourse and practice of heritage-making frames local cultures as a natural or renewable resource in need of management like any other, providing both legalistic and ethical frameworks for state intervention in newly audible and valuable cultural areas. As such, it could be argued that many if not most aspects of the 2009 tango declaration, and the UNESCO intangible heritage program as a whole, represent nothing more than a further entrenchment of a compulsion towards economic productivity that has become one of the hallmarks of local, national, and international cultural policymaking following the neoliberal turn. At the very least, these features of the program speak to the emergent and multiple values that local cultural differences have begun to take on within new circuits of transnational cultural prestige and economic exchange.
Hokulani K. Aikau
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816674619
- eISBN:
- 9781452946986
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816674619.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Race and Ethnicity
This chapter examines how cultural tourism and cultural preservation through replicas of village life intersected at the Polynesian Cultural Center. It argues that attempts at the institutional level ...
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This chapter examines how cultural tourism and cultural preservation through replicas of village life intersected at the Polynesian Cultural Center. It argues that attempts at the institutional level to preserve Polynesian culture can be seen as a racial project that relies upon stereotypes of the “happy native.” It contrasts these dominant discourses with the perceptions and commitments of Polynesians themselves, thus shifting the focus away from the consumption side of tourism to the production side. By analyzing tourism from the perspective of workers, an alternative narrative of culture emerges.Less
This chapter examines how cultural tourism and cultural preservation through replicas of village life intersected at the Polynesian Cultural Center. It argues that attempts at the institutional level to preserve Polynesian culture can be seen as a racial project that relies upon stereotypes of the “happy native.” It contrasts these dominant discourses with the perceptions and commitments of Polynesians themselves, thus shifting the focus away from the consumption side of tourism to the production side. By analyzing tourism from the perspective of workers, an alternative narrative of culture emerges.
Heather A. Diamond
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824831714
- eISBN:
- 9780824869342
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824831714.003.0006
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Pacific Studies
This chapter examines the legacy of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival (SFF) in its restaging, national and local offshoots, and memory as well as the local impact of national cultural intervention. ...
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This chapter examines the legacy of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival (SFF) in its restaging, national and local offshoots, and memory as well as the local impact of national cultural intervention. It considers the various forms in which the SFF was transported back into a local context—performance, film, follow-up projects, and memory. It also raises a number of questions about Festival aftereffects, such as the impact of the Festival on cultural preservation programs and policy in Hawaiʻi, or the larger implications of institutional attention to tradition. The chapter argues that beyond its time-bound performance, the Hawaiʻi program provided an ongoing means of production and reproduction, but that its aftereffects were blunted by local politics and socioeconomic factors. It also explains how the Festival legitimized and made cultural celebrities of participants, albeit mostly on a small scale. Finally, it shows how the Festival and its 1990 restaging reinforced the notion that geniality, hospitality, reciprocity, and inclusivity are qualities inherent in Hawaiʻi lifestyles.Less
This chapter examines the legacy of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival (SFF) in its restaging, national and local offshoots, and memory as well as the local impact of national cultural intervention. It considers the various forms in which the SFF was transported back into a local context—performance, film, follow-up projects, and memory. It also raises a number of questions about Festival aftereffects, such as the impact of the Festival on cultural preservation programs and policy in Hawaiʻi, or the larger implications of institutional attention to tradition. The chapter argues that beyond its time-bound performance, the Hawaiʻi program provided an ongoing means of production and reproduction, but that its aftereffects were blunted by local politics and socioeconomic factors. It also explains how the Festival legitimized and made cultural celebrities of participants, albeit mostly on a small scale. Finally, it shows how the Festival and its 1990 restaging reinforced the notion that geniality, hospitality, reciprocity, and inclusivity are qualities inherent in Hawaiʻi lifestyles.
Jonathan S. Addleton
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9789888139941
- eISBN:
- 9789888180868
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888139941.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter focuses on the “soft” aspects of the diplomatic relationship between the United States and Mongolia - public outreach; public affairs; educational exchanges and cultural ties. It also ...
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This chapter focuses on the “soft” aspects of the diplomatic relationship between the United States and Mongolia - public outreach; public affairs; educational exchanges and cultural ties. It also details the growing interaction between Americans who work in Mongolia and Mongolians who live in the United States, marking the foundation of an active Mongolian-American community that has grown significantly in recent years. Education exchanges such as the Fulbright program are discussed and assessed, along with Mongolia's success in accessing funds for cultural support through the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. Finally, it discusses the establishment and growth of a large Peace Corps presence in Mongolia.Less
This chapter focuses on the “soft” aspects of the diplomatic relationship between the United States and Mongolia - public outreach; public affairs; educational exchanges and cultural ties. It also details the growing interaction between Americans who work in Mongolia and Mongolians who live in the United States, marking the foundation of an active Mongolian-American community that has grown significantly in recent years. Education exchanges such as the Fulbright program are discussed and assessed, along with Mongolia's success in accessing funds for cultural support through the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. Finally, it discusses the establishment and growth of a large Peace Corps presence in Mongolia.
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804770187
- eISBN:
- 9780804777827
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804770187.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter first sets out the book's purpose, which is to explore what French leaders did when faced with an unforeseen opportunity to control and possibly house highly coveted and valuable works ...
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This chapter first sets out the book's purpose, which is to explore what French leaders did when faced with an unforeseen opportunity to control and possibly house highly coveted and valuable works of art. The book also examines the development of important and enduring cultural preservation policy under the Vichy regime. The fine arts administration of the Vichy regime implemented numerous measures to protect French national treasures from the ravages of modern warfare and Nazi looting. Some laws were more effective than others in preserving art and historic sites, but all contributed to the development of national policy that postwar leaders would later validate and expand.Less
This chapter first sets out the book's purpose, which is to explore what French leaders did when faced with an unforeseen opportunity to control and possibly house highly coveted and valuable works of art. The book also examines the development of important and enduring cultural preservation policy under the Vichy regime. The fine arts administration of the Vichy regime implemented numerous measures to protect French national treasures from the ravages of modern warfare and Nazi looting. Some laws were more effective than others in preserving art and historic sites, but all contributed to the development of national policy that postwar leaders would later validate and expand.
Denise E. Bates (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780813062631
- eISBN:
- 9780813051727
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813062631.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This collection of first-hand accounts from Native people from across the southeast offers a rare glimpse into the powerful and diverse experiences of a population who have been historically ...
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This collection of first-hand accounts from Native people from across the southeast offers a rare glimpse into the powerful and diverse experiences of a population who have been historically overlooked or misrepresented in spite of the significant roles they played in the political, economic, and cultural development of the region. Comprised of personal reflections, oral histories, and speech transcripts, this volume contributes to larger conversations around issues of both southern and Indian identity, racialized politics (at the federal, state and inter-tribal levels), tribal nation-building, cultural preservation and restoration, education, health, and economic development. The collection contains over 40 entries that represent a diverse range of Indian communities from Virginia to Louisiana and are divided into four thematic chapters that are each introduced and connected to broader regional and national contexts. The contributors represent varying generations, professions, and tribal political statuses that—collectively—generate a better understanding of southeastern Indian leadership, resilience and perseverance in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.Less
This collection of first-hand accounts from Native people from across the southeast offers a rare glimpse into the powerful and diverse experiences of a population who have been historically overlooked or misrepresented in spite of the significant roles they played in the political, economic, and cultural development of the region. Comprised of personal reflections, oral histories, and speech transcripts, this volume contributes to larger conversations around issues of both southern and Indian identity, racialized politics (at the federal, state and inter-tribal levels), tribal nation-building, cultural preservation and restoration, education, health, and economic development. The collection contains over 40 entries that represent a diverse range of Indian communities from Virginia to Louisiana and are divided into four thematic chapters that are each introduced and connected to broader regional and national contexts. The contributors represent varying generations, professions, and tribal political statuses that—collectively—generate a better understanding of southeastern Indian leadership, resilience and perseverance in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Kwame Dixon and John Burdick
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813037561
- eISBN:
- 9780813043098
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813037561.003.0002
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
Chapter 1 examines the spiritual, social, and philosophical basis of Bantu Blackness as well as the social justice ethos of Bantu activists in Bahia, Brazil.
Chapter 1 examines the spiritual, social, and philosophical basis of Bantu Blackness as well as the social justice ethos of Bantu activists in Bahia, Brazil.
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804760171
- eISBN:
- 9780804776318
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804760171.003.0009
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter examines the work of cultural preservation by Tibetans in Santa Fe and the fulfillment of their ambassadorial role. It highlights new forms of Tibetanness that are emerging as the ...
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This chapter examines the work of cultural preservation by Tibetans in Santa Fe and the fulfillment of their ambassadorial role. It highlights new forms of Tibetanness that are emerging as the diaspora expands and a new generation of Tibetan youth comes of age. Focusing from the time period after family reunification, it discusses parental concerns that arose after the arrival of spouses and children, and the shift to cultural preservation and education. Interviews with Tibetan youth reveal complex expressions of emergent Tibetan American identity.Less
This chapter examines the work of cultural preservation by Tibetans in Santa Fe and the fulfillment of their ambassadorial role. It highlights new forms of Tibetanness that are emerging as the diaspora expands and a new generation of Tibetan youth comes of age. Focusing from the time period after family reunification, it discusses parental concerns that arose after the arrival of spouses and children, and the shift to cultural preservation and education. Interviews with Tibetan youth reveal complex expressions of emergent Tibetan American identity.
Heather A. Diamond
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824831714
- eISBN:
- 9780824869342
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824831714.003.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Pacific Studies
This book explores the poetics and politics of festival making as seen through an ethnographic history of the 1989 Hawaiʻi program at the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival (SFF), the largest ...
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This book explores the poetics and politics of festival making as seen through an ethnographic history of the 1989 Hawaiʻi program at the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival (SFF), the largest national tourist event in the United States. The SFF is an idealistic, innovative, populist-based experiment in cultural democracy that celebrates cultural diversity and advocates cultural preservation through fieldwork-based research that identifies culture bearers and offers public presentations and interpretations of their cultural contributions. The SFF blurs the boundaries of both museum and tourism presentations that rely on clear demarcations between viewers and viewed. This book examines how the themes of public sector folklore culture brokering, cultural tourism, ideas about multiculturalism, the role of tradition in national image making, and the impact of cultural intervention on local communities converge in the SFF. It also raises important questions about the stakes surrounding the politics of tradition and multiculturalism while highlighting the importance of looking critically at the ways peoples and places are represented through cultural agencies.Less
This book explores the poetics and politics of festival making as seen through an ethnographic history of the 1989 Hawaiʻi program at the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival (SFF), the largest national tourist event in the United States. The SFF is an idealistic, innovative, populist-based experiment in cultural democracy that celebrates cultural diversity and advocates cultural preservation through fieldwork-based research that identifies culture bearers and offers public presentations and interpretations of their cultural contributions. The SFF blurs the boundaries of both museum and tourism presentations that rely on clear demarcations between viewers and viewed. This book examines how the themes of public sector folklore culture brokering, cultural tourism, ideas about multiculturalism, the role of tradition in national image making, and the impact of cultural intervention on local communities converge in the SFF. It also raises important questions about the stakes surrounding the politics of tradition and multiculturalism while highlighting the importance of looking critically at the ways peoples and places are represented through cultural agencies.
Jonathyne Briggs
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199377060
- eISBN:
- 9780199377091
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199377060.003.0005
- Subject:
- Music, Popular, History, Western
This chapter shifts from the Paris-centric French music scene to illustrate how globalized cultural forms helped to reinvent regionalism in 1970s Brittany. Brittany had long resisted the ...
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This chapter shifts from the Paris-centric French music scene to illustrate how globalized cultural forms helped to reinvent regionalism in 1970s Brittany. Brittany had long resisted the centralization efforts of the French state, and this resistance played out in the cultural realm as well. The music of folk musicians became increasingly dynamic in character, integrating American and British rock music into Breton folk-music conventions. Artists such as Alan Stivell and Tri Yann were interested in using this new cultural hybrid to change Brittany’s image to that of a modern urban environment. They also stressed the problems that developed from postwar modernization, which had profoundly affected life in the region. By comparing the music of Stivell and Tri Yann with audio recordings of the Dastum (a folk-music archive in Rennes), this chapter illustrates the efforts of musicians to express a new form of regionalism in Brittany.Less
This chapter shifts from the Paris-centric French music scene to illustrate how globalized cultural forms helped to reinvent regionalism in 1970s Brittany. Brittany had long resisted the centralization efforts of the French state, and this resistance played out in the cultural realm as well. The music of folk musicians became increasingly dynamic in character, integrating American and British rock music into Breton folk-music conventions. Artists such as Alan Stivell and Tri Yann were interested in using this new cultural hybrid to change Brittany’s image to that of a modern urban environment. They also stressed the problems that developed from postwar modernization, which had profoundly affected life in the region. By comparing the music of Stivell and Tri Yann with audio recordings of the Dastum (a folk-music archive in Rennes), this chapter illustrates the efforts of musicians to express a new form of regionalism in Brittany.
Hokulani K. Aikau
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816674619
- eISBN:
- 9781452946986
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816674619.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Race and Ethnicity
This chapter returns to the intersection of religious faith and cultural perpetuation by looking at the construction of a waʻa kaulua (double-hulled canoe) called the Iosepa. The waʻa kaulua ʻo ...
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This chapter returns to the intersection of religious faith and cultural perpetuation by looking at the construction of a waʻa kaulua (double-hulled canoe) called the Iosepa. The waʻa kaulua ʻo Iosepa is just one component of a vision put forth at Brigham Young University-Hawaiʻi by the Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian Language and Cultural Studies (home of the Hawaiian Studies program) to re-establish the familial relationship between Kanaka and the ʻāina. Unlike the cultural restoration and regeneration projects perpetuated and performed at the Polynesian Cultural Center, those initiated by Uncle Bill Wallace and carried forward at Brigham Young University-Hawaiʻi form the basis upon which sustainable self-determination can be achieved. The chapter peels back the layers of meaning, stories, and hopes embedded in the name Iosepa in order to reveal how the historical and spiritual relationships of Mormonism and Native Hawaiian self-determination have been imagined and how in turn they might be knotted and secured together.Less
This chapter returns to the intersection of religious faith and cultural perpetuation by looking at the construction of a waʻa kaulua (double-hulled canoe) called the Iosepa. The waʻa kaulua ʻo Iosepa is just one component of a vision put forth at Brigham Young University-Hawaiʻi by the Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian Language and Cultural Studies (home of the Hawaiian Studies program) to re-establish the familial relationship between Kanaka and the ʻāina. Unlike the cultural restoration and regeneration projects perpetuated and performed at the Polynesian Cultural Center, those initiated by Uncle Bill Wallace and carried forward at Brigham Young University-Hawaiʻi form the basis upon which sustainable self-determination can be achieved. The chapter peels back the layers of meaning, stories, and hopes embedded in the name Iosepa in order to reveal how the historical and spiritual relationships of Mormonism and Native Hawaiian self-determination have been imagined and how in turn they might be knotted and secured together.
