Inter-Relationships Among Cultural Identity, Discrimination, Distress, Agency, and Safety Among Indigenous People in Custody

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephane M. Shepherd ◽  
Rosa Hazel Delgado ◽  
Yin Paradies
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Discrimination Distress

scholarly journals Critical Sámi Research as the Means of Finding Ways of Seeing

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Sarivaara ◽  
Satu Uusiautti ◽  
Kaarina Määttä
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Mainstream Society

The Sámi form a small indigenous people living in four countries, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. The situation of the Sámi populations in these countries is challenging mostly because of colonial history, and new ways of researching and developing their conditions are greatly needed. The purpose of this article is to contemplate the potentials that the critical theory and research could offer to Sámi research and to indigenous research in general. The problems of cultural identity in relation to the mainstream society and within the indigenous community are discussed as the target of critical research and reflection. The value of critical research as the enhancement of emancipation and empowerment are evaluated.

Contemporary Politics and Empathetic Emotions: Company B's Antigone

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-360
Author(s):  
Peta Tait
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Colonial Rule ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
Contemporary Politics ◽  
Ethnic And Racial Diversity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Social Upheaval

Sydney-based Company B's 2008 season included The Burial at Thebes: Sophocles's Antigone in Irish poet Seamus Heaney's translation. This article shows how the production conveyed notions of war, social upheaval, displacement, and exile that are relevant to contemporary Australian spectators. With its ethnic and racial diversity, and one overt reference to the plight of indigenous people under colonial rule and its legacy, the production confirmed that the emotional resonances in this staging of Antigone reflect and yet transcend the contemporary Australian situation; and Peta Tait here argues that the production contributed to spectators' understanding of the emotions underlying contemporary political debates. Peta Tait is Professor of Theatre and Drama at La Trobe University. Her recent publications include Circus Bodies: Cultural Identity in Aerial Performance (Routledge, 2005) and Performing Emotions: Gender, Bodies, Spaces (Ashgate, 2002). She has published widely on theatre, drama, circus performance, and gender identity, and is co-editor (with Liz Schafer) of the anthology Australian Women's Drama: Texts and Feminisms (Currency Press, 1997).

scholarly journals Cultural Identity Distance Computation through Artificial Intelligence as an Analysis Tool of the Amazon Indigenous People. A Case Study in the Waorani Community

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9513
Author(s):  
Aldrin Marcel Espín-León ◽  
Antonio Jimeno-Morenilla ◽  
María Luisa Pertegal-Felices ◽  
Jorge Azorín-López
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Self Organizing Map ◽  
Minimum Path ◽  
Complex Concept

Cultural identity is a complex concept that includes subjective factors such as ideology, family knowledge, customs, language, and acquired skills, among others. Measuring culture involves a significant level of difficulty, since its study and scope differ from the point of view, the time and the place where the studies are carried out. In the Amazon, indigenous communities are in an accelerated process of acculturation that results in a loss of cultural identity that is not easy to quantify. This paper presents a method to measure the cultural distance between individuals or between groups of people using Artificial Intelligence techniques. The distance between individuals is calculated as the distance of the minimum path in the self-organizing map using Dijkstra’s algorithm. The experiments have been carried out to measure the cultural identity of indigenous people in the Waorani Amazon community and compares them with people living in cities who have a modern identity. The results showed that the communities are still distant in terms of identity from the westernised cities around them, although there are already factors where the distances are minimal concerning these cities. In any case, the method makes it possible to quantify the state of acculturation. This quantification can help the authorities to monitor these communities and take political decisions that will enable them to preserve their cultural identity.

Recognition of the Ainu as an Indigenous People in Japan: Legal Implications for their Right to Traditional Salmon Fishing

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Kamrul Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
International Treaty ◽  
Legal Standards ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
Ethnic And Cultural Identity ◽  
The Right ◽  
Traditional Fishing

Abstract The Japanese government legally recognized the Ainu as an Indigenous People in 2019. While the legislation is a step forward, it does not provide the Ainu with concrete rights applicable to Indigenous Peoples as those rights are set out in international legal standards, articulated in several human rights instruments and authoritative statements issued by both United Nations organs and the international treaty monitoring bodies. The most common issue concerning Indigenous Peoples’ rights is the practice of traditional livelihoods linked to their lands and resources. Particularly for coastal communities, traditional fishing has been recognized as an important livelihood for sustaining the people’s culture and their ethnic and cultural identity. This article explores the traditional fishing right of the Ainu, which has recently become a point of conflict given that existing local regulations jeopardize the right. The article critically examines the compatibility of the provisions of the conflicting local and national regulations.

scholarly journals Food for social change in Peru: Narrative and performance of the culinary nation

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 520-537
Author(s):  
Raúl Matta
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Food Cultures ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
And Performance

This article discusses the most relevant scholarship produced on the rise of Peruvian cuisine and Peru’s gastro-politics. It focuses on the contexts, processes and protagonists behind the attempt to heal and re-found the nation through food after a period of decline and terror, and on the formulation of ideas of social change aimed at shaping and promoting Peru as an entrepreneurial, vigorous but also more equal and fairer society. It also considers the smaller societal changes that nurtured these ideas, which are varied in nature and scope. Methodologically, the article explores the semantics, practices and ideologies at stake as expressed in public discourse, media content, gastronomic trends and restaurant sourcing. By unfolding central processes of the culinary project: high-end cuisine, the refiguring of indigenous people as producers and the use of cultural identity as an authenticating force, it offers a critical reading of the so-called gastronomic revolution, highlighting the ways in which claims to unity and reconciliation, particularly in the incorporation of indigenous people and their food cultures, smooth over ongoing inequalities.

scholarly journals Bridges to bilingualism: Teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeline Milian ◽  
Dana Walker
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Bilingual Teachers ◽  
Language Loss ◽  
Educational Progress ◽  
The World ◽  
Critical Components ◽  
Culture And Language

The Peace Accords of 1996 aimed to bring significant changes for Indigenous people of Guatemala by promoting new educational opportunities centering on the recognition that culture and language are critical components of education. Bilingual intercultural programs have been created and attention to the detrimental effects of language loss and cultural identity have gained attention as Guatemala portrays itself to the rest of the world as a proud multiethnic and multilingual nation. As teachers are essential in the implementation of educational programs, this study explores the perspectives of 13 Indigenous bilingual teachers from multiple communities and their role in implementing programs that promote bilingualism, biliteracy, and intercultural education in their respective communities. Teachers proudly accepted the responsibility of bridging school and home languages and recognized that educational progress had taken place, but expressed the need for continued improvements, as there are still many unmet goals both at the national and individual community levels.

scholarly journals Māori Identity Construction in SNS

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 2-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Acushla Dee O'Carroll
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Oral Traditions ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Access To Knowledge

Māori people (the Indigenous people of New Zealand) possess deep spiritual connections to the environment, landscape and seascape which can be markers of one’s identity and acknowledging where their ancestors came from and thus, where they come from. Traditionally, ones whakapapa (genealogy), language and knowledge were acquired within traditional spaces (such as the marae) and orally passed down through generations. These aspects of cultural are no longer restricted to oral traditions or to the marae space. An increased access to knowledge and information through the Internet and SNS (social networking sites) now provides alternative methods to finding out, learning more and engaging with aspects of Māori cultural identity. This paper will address notions of Māori cultural identity in ascertaining how Māori identity is formed and constructed using SNS.

An Indigenous Academic Perspective to Preserving and Promoting Indigenous Knowledge and Traditions: A Fiji Case Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wahab Ali
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
The University

Indigenous knowledge is multidimensional encompassing the beliefs, practices, arts, spirituality and other forms of traditional and cultural experiences that belong to Indigenous communities globally. In order to protect, preserve and recognize the knowledge of the Indigenous people of Fiji, known as the iTaukei, the University of Fiji has established a Centre for iTaukei Studies. The Centre apart from its cultural dimension has adopted the western system of disseminating knowledge through publications, text books and teacher education programmes. While maintaining the importance of preserving the originality of the Indigenous cultural identity and practices, the paper highlights how the infusion of the cultures of the Indigenous people and that of the Indo-Fijians, who have co-existed together for over 100 years, has shaped the unique multicultural landscape in Fiji.

scholarly journals Educación Propia ¿Es posible una Episteme Raizal-Ancestral Indígena?.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (29) ◽  
pp. 117-129
Author(s):  
Hermes Sixtho Villarreal
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Know How ◽  
Indigenous Worldviews ◽  
Ancestral Knowledge ◽  
First Approximation ◽  
Political Project

The article presents an epistemic reflection on the proper education of the Nasa indigenous people, north of Cauca (Colombia). It shows that, in some way, from the indigenous worldviews it is also possible to build knowledge from know-how and experiences in the territories, which is valid and legitimate. In the same way as modern Western knowledge does and, as an emancipating process for indigenous peoples. Some pillars of self-education were analyzed, highlighting its role in autonomous education processes in the territories, which were consolidated at the founding of the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca, aiming for the strengthening of cultural identity, ancestral knowledge, own language, the Law of Origin, spirituality, autonomy, and millennial resistance. In this way, more than a process to train students, self-education is a political project of resistance, physical and cultural pervivience. One of the main characteristics of self-education is the positioning of the school in, with and for the communities through community-oriented educational projects. That is, an education of defense, anti-establishment and contextualized according to the geographical, environmental, social and economic conditions of the territories. Also, a first approximation to the notion of indigenous root-ancestral episteme is developed allowing us to understand the processes of knowledge building from the same worldview that produces it.

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