Reflections papers should focus on the assigned readings for the Modules it includes, as well as any guest artists and performances viewed. We ask you to reflect on key concepts you have learned and any challenges you are having with the material. In many modules there are assignments and key questions that we focus on. It is important to include your thoughts on these discussions, addressing your response to the questions included in Workshop discussions for each Module (questions and assignments are posted on BlackBoard for each Module). Papers are to be between 2-3 pages, double spaced (750 words) and include formal citations in APA format.
module 1 sept 14
Opening Circle: Introductions; Overview of the Living History of Indigenous
Dance, Music and Theatre; Student Expectations/Introductions; Introduction to Medicine Wheel and 4 Directions Teachings that will ground the course.
Discussions: sharing what we know to date; review course syllabus. Q & A. Discuss student presentations for next week. Introducing the concept of finding yourself in the story- a moment in time; includes past, present and future.
Video:Buffy Ste Marie: A Multimedia Life. (60 minutes)
https://vimeo.com/139024721/f31cec4929
Self-in-Relation is an Aboriginal philosophical model of understanding the world linked to an Aboriginal worldview. Candace Brunette (based on interviews with Floyd Favel and Monique Mojica, Returning Home Through Stories).
Native Performance Culture handout
Brunette – NATIVE PERFORMANCE CULTURE.pdf Brunette – NATIVE PERFORMANCE CULTURE.pdf – Alternative Formats
Readings:
Grandfather/ Grandmother Teachings:
Manitowabi, E. (2011). Waynabozhoo and the Great Flood. In, Simpson, L. B. (2011), Dancing on our turtles back: stories of Nishnaabeg re-creation, resurgence and a new emergence(p.p. 68-70). Arbeiter Ring Publishing.
Waynabozhoo and the Great Flood.pdf Waynabozhoo and the Great Flood.pdf – Alternative Formats
Suggested Reading:
Bell, Nicole. (2014). Teaching by the Medicine Wheel: An Anishinaabe framework for Indigenous education. Education Canada Magazine,
https://www.edcan.ca/articles/teaching-by-the-medicine-wheel/
module 2 sept 21
Land Pedagogy: Oral Traditions: Creation and Re-Creation Stories Setting the Stage for Resurgence
Videos:
Combining photos & music from Walking at the Edge of Water: https://vimeo.com/74866937/374d3b5f02
Photo featuring Rulan Tangen & Leanne Simpson with Leannes spoken word piece, She Sang Them Home:
https://vimeo.com/348909015/71085e0172
She Sang Them Home.pdf She Sang Them Home.pdf – Alternative Formats
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Walking on the Edge of Water Video 2 Walking on the Edge of Water Video 2
Walking at the Edge of Water, created and produced by Rulan Tangen, Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer of Dancing Earth, Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has passionately cultivated successive generations of Indigenous contemporary performing artists, and embodies her belief in dance as a purposeful center of the continuance of life. She is recipient of 2018 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist. https://vimeo.com/70011730
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Readings (please choose one) Readings (please choose one)
Attached Files:
File Marrie Mumford Naadmaagewin in DRJ 2016 (8).pdf Marrie Mumford Naadmaagewin in DRJ 2016 (8).pdf – Alternative Formats (1.466 MB)
File Leanne Simpson – Bubbling Like a Beating Heart Indigenous Poet.pdf Leanne Simpson – Bubbling Like a Beating Heart Indigenous Poet.pdf – Alternative Formats (4.86 MB)
Mumford, Marrie. (2016). Naadmaagewin The Art of Working Together in Our Communities. Dance Research Journal,48 (1), 126-141. Please ensure you read pages 130-141.
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Simpson, Leanne. (2014). Bubbling Like a Beating Heart. Reflections on Nishnaabeg Poetic and Narrative Consciousness. In, Indigenous Poetics,
McLeod, Neal (ed.). Waterloo: Laurier Press.
module 3 sept 28
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Please watch this movie.
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Video on the film Video on the film
Atanarjuat Made the Impossible Possible for Indigenous Filmmakers: https://youtu.be/XwoRtJqkmac
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Readings for the week Readings for the week
Attached Files:
File Norman Cohn – community filmmaking.pdf Norman Cohn – community filmmaking.pdf – Alternative Formats (1.145 MB)
File I first heard the story.pdf I first heard the story.pdf – Alternative Formats (470.821 KB)
Readings for Week:
Kunuk, Zacharias. (2002). I first heard the story of Atanarjuat from my mother. In Angilirq, P. A., & Cohn, N. Atanarjuat: The fast runner ; inspired by a traditional Inuit legend of Igloolik. (pp. 12-13) Toronto: Coach House Books.
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Cohn, Norman. (2002). The Art of Community Based Filmmaking. In Angilirq, P. A., & Cohn, N. Atanarjuat: The fast runner: inspired by a traditional Inuit legend of Igloolik. (pp. 24-25) Toronto: Coach House Books.
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Second Reading and Assignment Second Reading and Assignment
Greyeyes, Michael. (2019). Stranger in a Strange Land: Views from an Indigenous Lens. In, Performing Turtle Island: Indigenous Theatre on the World Stage. Archibald-Barber, J.R., Irwin, K. and Day, M.J. (eds.). (2019). University of Regina Press.
CONTRIBUTION ASSIGNMENT: (be prepared to discuss in class)
Please conduct an internet search for Michael Greyeyes and review his lifes work to date.
module 4 oct 5
Readings Readings
Circular Duncan Campbell Scott on dancing.pdf Circular Duncan Campbell Scott on dancing.pdf – Alternative Formats
BROWNER THE HEARTBEAT Chapters 1 and 2.pdf BROWNER THE HEARTBEAT Chapters 1 and 2.pdf – Alternative Formats
MURPHY chapter one Have they the right.pdf MURPHY chapter one Have they the right.pdf – Alternative Formats
handout 4 – Embodiment of Indigenous Knowledge.pdf
Chinook Winds: Aboriginal Dance Project. The Banff Centre Press and 7thGeneration Press (1997). Read: Department of Indian Affairs Circular by Duncan Campbell Scott.
Pow Wow :
Browner, Tara. (2002). Chapters 1 & 2. In, Heartbeat of the People: Music and Dance of the Northern Pow-Wow. (be prepared to discuss these readings in class)
Reading for History:
Shea Murphy, Jacqueline. (2007). Chapter 1: Have they a Right?: Nineteenth Century Indian Dance Practices and Federal Policy. In, The People Have Never Stopped Dancing: Native American Modern Dance Histories
Handout:
Embodiment of Knowledge
