Re: <nettime> The Messy, Dirty, Silly Interplay of Art and Activis Artivistic 2007

["Benjamin Geer" <benjamin.geer@gmail.com>]

On 13/11/2007, lotu5 <lotu5@resist.ca> wrote:
> >like the question "how is indigenousness produced and maintained?"
> >although you have to realise that such a question would already be
> >quite contentious [...]
>
> I can definitely see how that question could be contentious or even
> offensive and may preclude involvement from indigenous communities,
> which I wouldn't want.

I think one isn't doing people any favours by uncritically accepting
their beliefs about themselves.  For a critique of the concept of
"indigenous", and the racism and other absurdities it leads to, please
read:

Adam Kuper, "The Return of the Native", Current Anthropology Volume
44, Number 3, June 2003

http://www.unl.edu/rhames/courses/current/readings/kuper-native.pdf

Ben


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