“Nitawâhtâw” Searching for a Métis Approach to Audio-Visual Anthropology: Cultural, Linguistic, Methodological, and Ethical Considerations
| dc.contributor.author | Toorenburgh, Lydia A. I. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-08T22:46:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-08T22:46:34Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2018 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-06-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Academy has long been an important focus in Indigenous scholarship, particularly in the social sciences. From this project has come a push for each researcher to design a unique approach rooted in their own personal, familial, community, and cultural values. With this attention to values and protocol, Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers can develop an approach that challenges the colonial thinking and practices which have so profoundly harmed Indigenous peoples around the globe. As a Cree-Métis person with mixed European ancestry, I feel a responsibility to, and a passion for, learning to work and be in the community in a good way. My thesis is an exploration toward developing my own Cree-Métis approach to audio-visual anthropology and to my academic language. Learning from the work of salient Cree-Métis filmmakers, such as Christine Welsh and Gil Cardinal, and the literature of Indigenous and audio-visual researchers, I search for a practice that speaks to my teachings and values. In addition, I discuss the importance of language and my desire to depart from the history of the words “research”, “researcher”, and “research participant”. Instead, I consider Cree words whose meanings reflect my commitment to my unique, culturally informed, anti-oppressive, decolonized approach to my work, my “participants”, and academia. All my relations! | en_US |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Undergraduate | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/9435 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cree-Métis | en_US |
| dc.subject | decolonization | en_US |
| dc.subject | self-location | en_US |
| dc.subject | audio-visual anthropology | en_US |
| dc.subject | film | en_US |
| dc.subject | visual sovereignty | en_US |
| dc.subject | linguistic sovereignty | en_US |
| dc.subject | kiskinwahamâtowin | en_US |
| dc.subject | nahihtam | en_US |
| dc.subject | miyohtahêw | en_US |
| dc.subject | miyo-pimatisiwn | en_US |
| dc.title | “Nitawâhtâw” Searching for a Métis Approach to Audio-Visual Anthropology: Cultural, Linguistic, Methodological, and Ethical Considerations | en_US |
| dc.type | Honours thesis | en_US |