Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ549885
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Language and Indigenous Cultures: A Key to Understanding.
Rogers, Tony; Irwin, Rita L.
Canadian Review of Art Education: Research and Issues, v24 n1 p19-32 1997
Summarizes a project that investigated Australian Adnyamathanha and Canadian Sechelt peoples' attitudes toward those aspects of their culture that western society considers art. Discusses the differences between indigenous societies' conception of spiritual representation and westerners' conception of art. Suggests ways for art educators to reconsider their approaches to teaching. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Products, Content Analysis, Creative Expression, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Images, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Culture Contact, Definitions, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture, Fundamental Concepts, Higher Education, Indigenous Populations, Religious Factors
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Canada
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