THEA 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Drew Hayden Taylor, Visual Arts By Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas, National Memory
21 Apr 2015
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Why identity changes from time to time: comes as people cope with demands and challenges of life, identity is fluid and never fixed. Senocak (1993): 2 perspectives of identity: the way we see others, the way we see ourselves, the way others see us. 3rd is not actually mentioned, but is important. Human condition human aspects of existence: include inevitable events birth, youth, death, include positive and negative, should include universal needs. Post-colonial condition political, psychological, economic legacy of colonialism. Colonialism practice of domination, which involves the subjugation of one people to another. Post-colonialism is a less crude form of colonialism. People argue that colonialism is still present today because of the aftermath: e. g. Indian act created initially to assimilate natives to white culture. Planned to remove the plan once everyone has assimilated. Storytelling to stage: growth of native theatre in canada . Big difference with native and canadian theatre: differences: No drama or conflict in native theatre.
