Indigenous Cultures in an Interconnected World
Published on 1. August 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
236 pages
978-0-7748-0806-4 (ISBN)
Description
Increasingly, Indigenous people are being drawn into global networks. In the long term, cultural isolation is unlikely to be a viable -- even if sometimes desired -- option, so how can Indigenous people protect and advance their cultural values in the face of pressure from an interconnected world?
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Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-0806-4 (9780774808064)
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Persons
Claire Smith is Lecturer in Archaeology at Flinders University, South Australia. An active field archaeologist, she has had extensive experience with Indigenous communities in Australia and Asia. She is a member of the editorial boards of the journals Australian Archaeology and Rock Art Research. Graeme Ward is a senior research fellow at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra.
Content
Foreword Illustrations and Figures Contributors Preface 1. Globalisation and Indigenous peoples: Threat or empowerment? / Claire Smith, Heather Burke and Graeme Ward 2. Resources of hope: Learning from the local in a trans-national era / Faye Ginsburg 3. From clan symbol to ethnic emblem: Indigenous creativity in a connected world / Robert Layton 4. Cyberspace smoke signals: New technologies and native American ethnicity / Larry J. Zimmerman, Karen P. Zimmerman and Leonard R. Bruguier 5. History, representation, globalisation and Indigenous cultures: A Tasmanian perspective / Julie Gough 6. Indigenous presence in the Sydney games / Lisa Meekison 7. Elite art for cultural elites: Adding value to Indigenous arts / Howard Morphy 8. Cultural tourism in an interconnected world: Tensions and aspirations in Latin America / Penny Dransart 9. Past and future pathways: Innu cultural heritage in the twenty-first century / Stepehn Loring and Daniel Ashini Notes References Index