Representing Native America (Part 1) Ethnic Studies 114A Ross Frank Winter 2012 Office: SSB 227 TU, TH 11:00 AM—12:20 PM Office Hours: WLH 2208 Wed. 1:00-3:00, Thu. 1:00-2:00 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 534-6646 class materials may be viewed at: http://dss.ucsd.edu/~rfrank This course provides an introduction to the history and theory of museum representation of American Indians in order to explore its relation to colonialism and decolonization. In addition to a wide-ranging look at the complex foundations of systems of representing Indians and Indianness, a study of Plains Indian drawings from 1860-1890 will allow the class to create new approaches to designing a museum exhibition. COURSE ORGANIZATION Course evaluation will be based on a midterm essay and classroom presentation, a written final research project and classroom presentation, in-class discussions throughout the quarter, and some guiding assignments along the way. Final grade will be based on the following: 25% - attendance and participation during in-class activities; 25% - midterm essay and presentation; 25% research project presentation; 25% - final project report. COURSE OBLIGATIONS All students must attend all class meetings and read the assigned materials in order to complete this course. You have a responsibility to create an environment conducive to learning during class meetings and discussion, and to abide by the UCSD Principles of Community. Attendance and participation in discussions held throughout the quarter will count for part of your class grade. These in-class discussions cannot be made up. REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS Assignments are listed in the syllabus for the day that they are due: January 19, February 9, February 15. The Midterm Examination consists of a written essay (5 pages) and an in-class presentation. The Final Examination will consist of an individual or team research project, presented in class, and the written component due during the scheduled exam period. ASSIGNED READING The following required book has been ordered for the course and is available at the Bookstore. It has also been placed on reserve in the Geisel Library: Janet Berlo, and Ruth B. Phillips. Native North American Art. Oxford History of Art. Oxford University Press, 1998. Other readings assigned are available at: http://dss.ucsd.edu/~rfrank or in Roger.ETHNIC STUDIES 114A Winter 2012 Ross Frank — 2 — SYLLABUS The reading(s) that follow each date should be completed before that class meeting. Please come to class prepared to discuss these assigned readings. PART I The Colonial Roots of Representation WEEK 1 JANUARY 10 Introduction and Course Organization JANUARY 12 The Problem of Art Catherine King, ed. Views of Difference: Different Views of Art, ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999, (Introduction) 7-22. Janet Catherine Berlo and Ruth B. Phillips. Native North American Art. Oxford History of Art. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, (Chapter 1) 1-35. SUGGESTED READING: Eric Venbrux, Pamela Sheffield Rosi and Robert L. Welsch, eds. Exploring World Art. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, 2006, (Introduction) 1-37. Susan Vogel. Art/Artifact New York: Museum for African Art, 1988, 10-17. Also available on Google Books. WEEK 2 JANUARY 17 Collecting, Museums, and the Nation State Shelly Errington. The Death of Authentic Primitive Art and Other Tales of Progress. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1998, 49-136. (Available online through Roger) JANUARY 19 Museum of the American Indian Roots Ann McMullen. “Reinventing George G. Heye: Nationalizing the Museum of the American Indian and its Collections,” in Sleeper-Smith, Susan. Contesting Knowledge : Museums and Indigenous Perspectives. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009, 65-105. ASSIGNMENT: Familiarize yourself with ArtStor (http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/arts/resources/find-image-collections/index.html) and its Native American image holdings. ArtStor must be accessed the first time from campus. After that you may logon remotely using UCSD’s VPN (http://blink.ucsd.edu/technology/network/connections/off-campus/VPN/).ETHNIC STUDIES 114A Winter 2012 Ross Frank — 3 — PART II The Decolonizing Project WEEK 3 JANUARY 24 Disruptive Histories Angela Cavender Wilson. "American Indian History or Non-Indian Perceptions of American Indian History?" American Indian Quarterly 20:1 (1996): 3-5. Glen Coulthard, “Place Against Empire: Understanding Indigenous Anti-Colonialism,” Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, and Action, 4:2 (2010): 79-83. Linda Tuhiwai Smith. Decolonizing Methodologies : Research and Indigenous Peoples. St Martin's Press, 1999, 42-77. JANUARY 26 Alternative Epistemologies Angela Cavender Wison. "Grandmother to Granddaughter: Generations of Oral History in a Dakota Family." American Indian Quarterly 20:1 (1996): 7-13. Waziyatawin Angela Wilson. “Decolonizing the 1862 Death Marches”, in Waziyatawin Angela Wilson, ed. In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors : The Dakota Commemorative Marches of the 21st Century. St. Paul, MN: Living Justice Press, 2006, 43-66. MIDTERM ASSIGNMENT DISTRUBUTED WEEK 4 JANUARY 31 Reading Absences Audra Simpson. "On Ethnographic Refusal: Indigeneity, 'Voice,' and Colonial Citizenship." Junctures 9 (2007): 67-80. Laura L. Terrance. "Resisting Colonial Education: Zitkala-Sa and Native Feminist Archival Refusal." International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 24:5 (2011): 621-626. FEBRUARY 2 Midterm Reports Eve Tuck. "Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities." Harvard Educational Review 79:3 (2009): 409-428. MIDTERM ASSIGNMENT DUEETHNIC STUDIES 114A Winter 2012 Ross Frank — 4 — PART III Problems of the Present WEEK 5 FEBRUARY 7 Thinking About Tribal Museums James Clifford. “Four Northwest Coast Museums: Travel Reflections,” in Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display. ed. Ivan Karp, and Steven D. Levine. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991, 212-254. Janine Bowechop and Patricia Pierce Erikson. "Review: Forging Indigenous Methodologies on Cape Flattery: The