book chapter
Privileged knowledge versus public education: tensions at Acwsalcta, the Nuxalk Nation 'Place of Learning'
Switchbacks : art, ownership, and Nuxalk national identity, by Jennifer Kramer • Vancouver • Published In 2006 • Pages: 66-86
By: Kramer, Jennifer.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article the author analyzes ...'the dilemmas created by alternative educational methodologies, which stem from the multiple perspectives and opinions of various Nuxalk administrators, parents, elders and cultural staff as seen through the lens of a 1997 play potlatch. [n]Acwsalcta[/n] is a place of hope as well as a place plagued by problems. The direction in which it should move is not clear. [n]Awsalcta[/n] cultural teachers must decide between such seemingly opposite educational strategies as using oral or written teaching methods, using or refusing to use Western technology, and emphasizing individual, familial, or national ownership of cultural knowledge. While making decisions over the dissemination of this knowledge, the teachers of culture are at risk of being accused of hoarding it'. Kramer believes that contemporary Nuxalk cultural identity is produced in each of these negotiated stances, all of which involve both secrecy and sharing (pp. 66-67).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural revitalization and ethnogenesis
- Education system
- Music
- Dance
- Incorporeal property
- Sodalities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nuxalk
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1990s
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1920-1999
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- First Nation Reserve, Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jennifer Kramer
- for bibliographical references see document 10: Kramer
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2006445100
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bella Coola Indians