Visioning a Mi'kmaw humanities : indigenizing the academy / Marie Battiste, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Battiste, Marie Ann, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanities--Study and teaching (Higher).

Humanities.

Humanities--Study and teaching (Higher)--Canada.

Indigenous peoples--Maritime Provinces--Study and teaching (Higher).

Indigenous peoples.

Micmac Indians--Study and teaching (Higher)--Canada.

Micmac Indians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Place of Publication:

Sydney, Nova Scotia : Cape Breton University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Since the Renaissance, liberal education has as its core tradition a Eurocentric multidisciplinary humanism--the study of literature, art, philosophy and history--grounded in ancient Greek and Latin texts. In what may be termed cognitive imperialism, the academy has largely ignored Aboriginal perspectives of humanity. In this volume, Mi'kmaw and non-Mi'kmaw scholars, teachers and educators posit an interdisciplinary approach to explicate and animate a Mi'kmaw Humanities. Drawing on the metaphor of a basket as a multilayered metaphor for engaging postsecondary institutions, these essays reveal historical, educational, legal, philosophical, visual and economic frameworks to develop a knowledge protocol that can direct, transform and enrich conventional Humanities within the complex dynamics of territory, energy, stewardship, alterity and consciousness."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781772060591

1772060593