... 1 This article was completed while I enjoyed a Social Science Research Council Postdoctoral F... more ... 1 This article was completed while I enjoyed a Social Science Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship. Robert Corruccini, Susan Ford, Donald Nonini, and Eugene Robkin commented upon this manuscript in draft, and I thank them for their useful advice. Vol. 21 * No. ...
The 20 papers in this volume were written by both Native and Non-Native authors, and provide both... more The 20 papers in this volume were written by both Native and Non-Native authors, and provide both substance and food-for-thought concerning the complex interactions between archaeologists and contemporary indigenous peoples of Canada in regard to working together, interpretation of the past, ownership of the past, and the relationships between traditional knowledge and archaeological fact.
This paper offers a reflection on the articles in the present thematic section. It focuses in par... more This paper offers a reflection on the articles in the present thematic section. It focuses in particular on the relationship between the political stance taken by the articles’ authors and the political positioning of anthropologists in the colonial project before the so-called “Reflexive Turn” in the discipline in the late 1960s and early 1970s. To this end, it critically assesses the point of view of those in the discipline who assert that this move presented a radical departure from a disciplinary orientation that until that time had, at best, ignored colonialism and, at worst, actively promoted it by offering evidence of the stance in opposition to it taken by at least some of our more prominent forebears. This paper concludes by indicating that, rather than representing a departure from an earlier orientation to colonialism, the anti-colonial stance taken by the authors of these articles reflects a perspective of long standing in the field.Cet épilogue offre une réflexion sur l...
The 20 papers in this volume were written by both Native and Non-Native authors, and provide both... more The 20 papers in this volume were written by both Native and Non-Native authors, and provide both substance and food-for-thought concerning the complex interactions between archaeologists and contemporary indigenous peoples of Canada in regard to working together, interpretation of the past, ownership of the past, and the relationships between traditional knowledge and archaeological fact.
Anthropologica 62 (2020) 308–312 I would like to thank the authors for their valuable contributio... more Anthropologica 62 (2020) 308–312 I would like to thank the authors for their valuable contributions to this special issue, as well as Sylvie Poirier and Clint Westman for inviting me to write these concluding remarks. The articles, taken together, offer much valuable insight on the troubled state of relations between Canada and those Indigenous Peoples, who are in the process of or have completed negotiations on what are known as land claims, both in the regions discussed here, and in Canada more generally. In fine, the contributions show that one party, Canada, uses its power to ensure that the results conform to its objectives and not those of the less powerful Indigenous parties. That is, when looked at from governments’ central objectives, so-called negotiations are largely a sham. For, rhetoric notwithstanding, final agreements must always conform to their preconditions: in this, the rule is that might makes right. In this regard, I am sorry to say that things have not changed ...
Folkways Records and Service Corporation, unarguably the most unique recording company ever to ex... more Folkways Records and Service Corporation, unarguably the most unique recording company ever to exist, was founded in 1948 by my father, Moses Asch. In the 38 years of operation, between 1948 and 1986, when my father died, Folkways produced over 2100 albums, an average of more than one per week―a feat accomplished with a labour force that never exceeded a handful of people. Furthermore, he rarely took a record out of print, and then never for commercial reasons. It was a record catalogue of staggering diversity and eclecticism. To give you a sense of the breadth of this collection, here are just a few of the familiar names found on the label: Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, Jean Ritchie, Mary Lou Williams, Ella Jenkins, The Carter Family, Lucinda Williams, Janis Ian, Martin Luther King, Bertolt Brecht, Margaret Mead, Langston Hughes, W. E. B. DuBois, and Bob Dylan (under the pseudonym Blind Boy Grunt). Significantly, Folkways also included a vast repertoire of lesse...
The authors articulate the basic elements of two competing theories of aboriginal right. The firs... more The authors articulate the basic elements of two competing theories of aboriginal right. The first, a contingent rights approach, requires state action for the existence of aboriginal rights. This approach dominated early judicial pronouncements on the nature of aboriginal rights. The second, an inherent rights approach, views aboriginal rights as inherent in the nature of aboriginality. This approach came to be embraced by the judiciary in cases addressing the nature of aboriginal legal interests prior to the passage of the Constitution Act, 1982. The authors then assess the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Sparrow in light of these two competing theories. In Sparrow, the Court addressed the meaning of s. 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 and, despite other laudable aspects of the judgment, relied on a contingent theory of aboriginal right and an unquestioned acceptance of Canadian sovereignty. The authors offer two alternative approaches to s. 35(1) based on the o...
... | Ayuda. "Les structures élémentaires de la parenté" et la pensée politique occiden... more ... | Ayuda. "Les structures élémentaires de la parenté" et la pensée politique occidentale. Autores: Michael Asch; Localización: Temps modernes, ISSN 0040-3075, Nº. 628, 2004 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Claude Lévi-Strauss) , pags. 201-231. ...
... 1 This article was completed while I enjoyed a Social Science Research Council Postdoctoral F... more ... 1 This article was completed while I enjoyed a Social Science Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship. Robert Corruccini, Susan Ford, Donald Nonini, and Eugene Robkin commented upon this manuscript in draft, and I thank them for their useful advice. Vol. 21 * No. ...
The 20 papers in this volume were written by both Native and Non-Native authors, and provide both... more The 20 papers in this volume were written by both Native and Non-Native authors, and provide both substance and food-for-thought concerning the complex interactions between archaeologists and contemporary indigenous peoples of Canada in regard to working together, interpretation of the past, ownership of the past, and the relationships between traditional knowledge and archaeological fact.
This paper offers a reflection on the articles in the present thematic section. It focuses in par... more This paper offers a reflection on the articles in the present thematic section. It focuses in particular on the relationship between the political stance taken by the articles’ authors and the political positioning of anthropologists in the colonial project before the so-called “Reflexive Turn” in the discipline in the late 1960s and early 1970s. To this end, it critically assesses the point of view of those in the discipline who assert that this move presented a radical departure from a disciplinary orientation that until that time had, at best, ignored colonialism and, at worst, actively promoted it by offering evidence of the stance in opposition to it taken by at least some of our more prominent forebears. This paper concludes by indicating that, rather than representing a departure from an earlier orientation to colonialism, the anti-colonial stance taken by the authors of these articles reflects a perspective of long standing in the field.Cet épilogue offre une réflexion sur l...
The 20 papers in this volume were written by both Native and Non-Native authors, and provide both... more The 20 papers in this volume were written by both Native and Non-Native authors, and provide both substance and food-for-thought concerning the complex interactions between archaeologists and contemporary indigenous peoples of Canada in regard to working together, interpretation of the past, ownership of the past, and the relationships between traditional knowledge and archaeological fact.
Anthropologica 62 (2020) 308–312 I would like to thank the authors for their valuable contributio... more Anthropologica 62 (2020) 308–312 I would like to thank the authors for their valuable contributions to this special issue, as well as Sylvie Poirier and Clint Westman for inviting me to write these concluding remarks. The articles, taken together, offer much valuable insight on the troubled state of relations between Canada and those Indigenous Peoples, who are in the process of or have completed negotiations on what are known as land claims, both in the regions discussed here, and in Canada more generally. In fine, the contributions show that one party, Canada, uses its power to ensure that the results conform to its objectives and not those of the less powerful Indigenous parties. That is, when looked at from governments’ central objectives, so-called negotiations are largely a sham. For, rhetoric notwithstanding, final agreements must always conform to their preconditions: in this, the rule is that might makes right. In this regard, I am sorry to say that things have not changed ...
Folkways Records and Service Corporation, unarguably the most unique recording company ever to ex... more Folkways Records and Service Corporation, unarguably the most unique recording company ever to exist, was founded in 1948 by my father, Moses Asch. In the 38 years of operation, between 1948 and 1986, when my father died, Folkways produced over 2100 albums, an average of more than one per week―a feat accomplished with a labour force that never exceeded a handful of people. Furthermore, he rarely took a record out of print, and then never for commercial reasons. It was a record catalogue of staggering diversity and eclecticism. To give you a sense of the breadth of this collection, here are just a few of the familiar names found on the label: Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, Jean Ritchie, Mary Lou Williams, Ella Jenkins, The Carter Family, Lucinda Williams, Janis Ian, Martin Luther King, Bertolt Brecht, Margaret Mead, Langston Hughes, W. E. B. DuBois, and Bob Dylan (under the pseudonym Blind Boy Grunt). Significantly, Folkways also included a vast repertoire of lesse...
The authors articulate the basic elements of two competing theories of aboriginal right. The firs... more The authors articulate the basic elements of two competing theories of aboriginal right. The first, a contingent rights approach, requires state action for the existence of aboriginal rights. This approach dominated early judicial pronouncements on the nature of aboriginal rights. The second, an inherent rights approach, views aboriginal rights as inherent in the nature of aboriginality. This approach came to be embraced by the judiciary in cases addressing the nature of aboriginal legal interests prior to the passage of the Constitution Act, 1982. The authors then assess the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Sparrow in light of these two competing theories. In Sparrow, the Court addressed the meaning of s. 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 and, despite other laudable aspects of the judgment, relied on a contingent theory of aboriginal right and an unquestioned acceptance of Canadian sovereignty. The authors offer two alternative approaches to s. 35(1) based on the o...
... | Ayuda. "Les structures élémentaires de la parenté" et la pensée politique occiden... more ... | Ayuda. "Les structures élémentaires de la parenté" et la pensée politique occidentale. Autores: Michael Asch; Localización: Temps modernes, ISSN 0040-3075, Nº. 628, 2004 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Claude Lévi-Strauss) , pags. 201-231. ...
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