One of the most relevant First Nations’ artwork that struck me was Yusweluptun’s artist with his “Super Predator” series of paintings where he depicts the political leaders, the main leaders of multinational corporations and industrialists and bureaucrats who have granted themselves “pure colonial power”.
This is my text that I chose to focus on that explains the concept of projectile motion.
Important Vocab:
I taught the concept of projectiles from the Physics 12 curriculum using a powerpoint animation that I have attached. Projectiles
The title of this painting is “Killer Whale Has a Vision and Comes to Talk to Me about Proximolgoical Encroachments of Civilizations in the Oceans”.
Ecological studies within the sciences are done so in a very pragmatic and content based manner. This painting reminded me of the ease in which Aboriginal oral tradition can be incorporated in to the current curriculum, in regards to the ecology units.
Narratives are used in English to paint perspectives that otherwise can be hard to present to students; they introduce and bias in an organic manner. Stories hold a strong power to create connections with the content. Similarly, First People’s stories and tales that are embedded within the environmental sciences can be used as vessels to emphasize the role that land plays within Indigenous beliefs, and use it to bridge the gap between Aboriginal and Science pedagogy.
Here is my visual aid and my toes.
The teacher did a fantastic job of delivering the lesson content in chronological order. They used voice fluctuation to bring attention to main points and engaged their students with their charismatic delivery. They brought attention to important facts using hand gestures and excitement was induced with the use of their body language and passion of delivery.
Here is the original text:
The 1st DADA Manifesto:
By Monsieur Antipyrine.
DADA is our intensity: it erects inconsequential bayonets and the Sumatral head of German babies; Dada is life with neither bedroom slippers nor parallels; it is against and for unity and definately against the future; we are wise enough to know that our brains are going to become flabby cushions, that our anti-dogmatism is as exclusive as a civil servant, and that we cry liberty but are not free; a severe necessity with entire discipline nor morals and that we spit on humanity.
DADA remains within the framework of European weaknesses, it’s still shit, but from now on we want to shit in different colours so as to adorn the zoo of art with all the flags of all the consulates.
We are circus ringmasters and we can be found whistling amongst the winds of fairgrounds, in convents, prostitutions, theatres, realities, feelings, restaurants, ohoho, bang bang.
We declare that the motor car is a feeling that has cosseted us quite enough in the dilatoriness of its abstractions, as have transatlantic liners, noises and ideas. And while we put on a show of being facile, we are actually searching for the central essence of things, and are pleased if we can hide it; we have no wish to count the windows of the marvellous elite, for DADA doesn’t exist for anyone, and we want everyone to understand this. This is Dada’s balcony, I assure you. From there you can hear all the military marches, and come down cleaving the air like a seraph landing in a public baths to piss and understand the parable.
DADA is neither madness, nor wisdom, nor irony, look at me, dear bourgeois.
Art used to be a game of nuts in May, children would go gathering words that had a final ring, then they would exude, shout out the verse, and dress it up in dolls’ bootees, and the verse became a queen in order to die a little, and the queen became a sardine, and the children ran hither and yon, unseen… Then came the great ambassadors of feeling, who yelled historically in chorus:
Psychology Psychology hee hee
Science Science Science
Long live France
We are not naive
We are successive
We are exclusive
We are not simpletons
and we are perfectly capable of an intelligent discussion.
Be we, DADA, don’t agree with them, for art isn’t serious, I assure you, and if we reveal the crime so as to show that we are learned denunciators, it’s to please you, dear audience, I assure you, and I adore you.
The field trip really resonated with me as I am very interested in the historical artifacts, the people and the places that the indigenous people inhabit. As a geographer and anthropology major, I’m naturally focused on our local environment and the lessons that indigenous people can offer us. I’m also a mariner, or one who enjoys the ocean so the canoe was the most interesting item in the museum. It symbolizes the technological advances of the people as well as the extent of their land – since they were able to travel far and wide for trade and resources.
To me the extent to which the Haida people lived throughout the islands of the north coast is a phenomena unparalleled by any. These people can show us many things today in the symbiotic and harmony that they lived in. They were advanced in their understanding and connection to the land. Are we learning from them? After the residential schools it seems ironic that the teachings of coastal native people are now being modelled in our attitudes to our environment and our connection to the land. Explorers and settlers should have been listening during the early periods of contact.
This canoe was created by Bill Reid in 1985. The First Nations people of the Northwest coast are renowned for their elegantly engineered canoes. They ranged in length from three to twenty meters. They were essential for travel, transport, hunting and trade. Different coastal communities developed distinctive styles to suit their particular needs. Each canoe is made from a single cedar log, carved and steamed into shape.
My partner Kenny Yang did a great job and demonstrated the knowledge of the content that I had relayed to him. He is a quick study! I used an idea web which helps to organize thoughts and explain concepts. He was able to explain how we can group Imperialist activity of nations during historical events in the mind map and then transition into how Colonialist activity in the mind map, showing the ports and how these nations created wealth and fueled their respective empires. Great presentation!
house dish
Sisiyutl Ɫukwaliɫ
feasting dish on the floor of the house
Just a dish?
just a dish
Display
history
Sisiutl
guardian
god of warrior
invincibility
wealth
rights
resources
territories
Feast
abundance
wealth
give it away
the world will gain
sweet.
This piece made me smile. It reminds me of Andy Warhol’s stuff. Playful, and simple. I like how it is both indigenous and assimilated. It is a testament to the internationalization of pop art.
I found these pika-uu baskets extremely interesting, and relevant to business education. Commerce has existed for a very long time, and it is interesting to see these pieces of history which were created originally for use within a community, but eventually sold in the new cash market. I believe that I can use this information, and these pictures to teach younger business education classes about the concept of markets and commerce, showing them examples from the 1800’s while also bringing an aboriginal aspect to my classroom.
What is the meaning behind the totem pole? Is there an ancestral meaning? Is the meaning to be shared? Has the meaning changed over time? How were the characters chosen and why? What inferences can we make?
Totem poles have several purposes or meanings, all distinct to where they were made and why. These totem poles could have an ancestral meaning depending on the location, and culture that is connected. They can be related to myths or stories related to creation or to the land. The totem pole with multiple characters could suggest the meaningful relationship between humans and nature. The totem pole has different sections that could tell their own stories or have their own interpretation. My interpretation of the meaning behind the creation of the totem pole is linked to spirituality and the connection to nature. Although the totem poles connection to nature is linked to prior knowledge, the inference can be made others through observation of the totem pole and what is included.
