trmt 396 lecture #1. in-situ control pre-contact in-situ exposure explorers & anthropologists...
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TRMT 396
Lecture #1
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In-Situ ControlPre-contact
In-Situ Exposureexplorers & anthropologists
Ex-Situ Exhibitionism & Exploitation
In-Situ Exhibitionism & Exploitation
In-Situ Quasi-Empowerment
Ex-Situ Quasi-Empowerment
Weaver, 2010
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Anthropology and tourism coincide – links to empire, social Darwinism, widespread media, etc.
Dichotomy created Primitive - modern
Native Hawaiians as “Ideal Natives” ie. a non-threatening, soft primitivism (Desmond, 1999)
FORMULA: Hula=beautiful women=native=hawaii
Burlesque-like environment of Musa Isle Village (Seminole) and other attractions
(Desmond, 1999)
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Perhaps a space to articulate selves & resist assimilation
“What better way …to maintain a separate collective identity than by commodifying cultural difference” (Nesper, 2003)
Playing indianEnabled cultural resurgenceEconomic move when other
venues denied/decline e.g. logging & fishing
Lac du Flambeau (bowl) to Cowichan (opera) examples
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Desire for a souvenir of the encounter – authenticity important (Dilworth, 2003)
Evasion & Resistance OR production & mediation (Erikson, 2003)
History of mediating tradition for Euro-American tastes
Shifting production (size, style) and re-introduction of goods no longer in common use (Haida example)
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Curios/carving/baskets made for tourist consumption
Young Doctor’s house as longhouse, store, roller rink, museum, etc.
Assertion of guardianship of their own past
Erikson, 2003
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The “Chief” train from Chicago to LA
Aboriginal people as “promotional tools”
Fred Harvey’s hotels and “Indian Detours” – lavish buses and “Harvey Girl”/Courier guides
Pueblo & Navajo vendors at train station, along highways and under the portico of the Governors Palace
Revival of some pottery/weaving traditions in response
Fried, 2010; Weaver , 2010
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Carving & basket making for curios by 1850
Ethnographic trade in full swing by 1870’s
Fl0od tide of collectors 1880-1920 (then market crash)
Design specifically for saleEngage in tours and
shows : Kwakwaka'wakw @ Chicago World’s
Fair (1893) Quatsino @ St. Louis World’s Fair
(1904) Bella Coola tour of Germany (1885-86)
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Tlingit perform for steamboat cruise tourists & sell baskets on boardwalks of Sitka
Inside passage initially known as the ‘Totem-pole” route
Alaska Steamship ad 1906“No home is complete now-a-
days without a neat and artistically arranged Indian basket corner”
Raibmon, 2005
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Migratory farm work in the hops fields and fruit orchards
Tourist trade developed to visit the workers’ camps – trains up from Seattle
Multiple responsesAccess to eventsProduction of curios &
basketsGuided (fishing/hunting)Posed for photosOrganized performances
Raibmon, 2005
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Banff Indian DaysPikani (Blackfeet) as
official hosts for Great Northern hotels
Havasupai guides for horse packing trips into Grand Canyon
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Dilworth, L. (2003). “Handmade by an American Indian” Souvenirs and the Cultural Economy of the Southwest. In H. Rothman (ed) The Culture of Tourism, the Tourism of Culture. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press.
Keller, R. & Turek, M. (1998). American Indians & National Parks. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.
Knight, R. (1996). Indians at Work. Vancouver, BC: New Star.
Raibmon, P. (2006). Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the late Nineteenth Century Northwest Coast. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.