ANT241Y5 Lecture Notes - Nicotine, Animism, Shamanism In Siberia
Document Summary
First impressions ii (european documentation of and response to strange practices) Visual images of aboriginal peoples: 1500"s, (sixteenth century) literature developed during the. 1500"s: philip ghoul an artist who described the aboriginals as being savages. In his painting america he showed a woman carrying someone"s head: another german depicted the people of the islands as savages, publishing"s in the early 17th century depicted the first contacts with the aboriginals. Aboriginal views of europeans: aboriginals wanted to know if europeans were mortal or not, and they tested this by throwing them in water. Sources of knowledge: eyewitness accounts or drawings. They would also force them to learn the european languages and then taken back to translate their own message to their own folk back. They were used to help raise money for fundraisers and help the development of the new world. The vast majority ended up in europe in 16th century because most of them were literally kidnapped.
