Disrupting colonialism: weaving indigeneity into the gallery in schools project of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

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dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Tracey
dc.contributor.supervisorClover, Darlene E.
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-16T00:01:57Z
dc.date.available2019-01-16T00:01:57Z
dc.date.copyright2019en_US
dc.date.issued2019-01-15
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission made their final recommendations for Canadian society to address cultural genocide: by affirming stories of survivors, taking personal and professional inventory of their practices and making concrete steps to meet the Calls to Action. In particular, the TRC recognized damage done by museums and art galleries to perpetuate colonialism and yet, believed that these institutions could be sites of justice, particularly in relation to arts and artists The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, an institution steeped in colonialism and under pressure to create accountable relationships with Indigenous communities, began to act by revamping their education program for school age children entitled the Gallery in the Schools art program. My study asked Indigenous artists and educators to contribute their ideas for a new art program. I used a blended research of community based and decolonizing research models, contextualized within decolonizing and critical theoretical frameworks. Overall, research findings suggest that process is as important as the end product in the context of reconciliation and decolonization. Significantly, relationships were esteemed over the concept of reconciliation. These finding further imply that a successful art program would ground pedagogical content within a critical historical framework, be informed by a fluid understanding of identity and search out possibilities of hope. The theoretical implications of this study support increased contributions by Indigenous artists as key policy makers, who will challenge the deeply embedded power structures of institutions and offer alternative ways to share power and support Indigenous envisioned futures.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/10515
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectdecolonizationen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous art educationen_US
dc.subjectmuseum educationen_US
dc.subjectart educationen_US
dc.subjectTruth and Reconciliationen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous futurityen_US
dc.subjectcritical pedagogyen_US
dc.subjectCommunity Based Researchen_US
dc.subjectDecolonizing Theoryen_US
dc.titleDisrupting colonialism: weaving indigeneity into the gallery in schools project of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoriaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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