EXNS 2806 - Representations: Application and Collaboration
1027055
Language of Delivery
English
Delivery Options
Online - Asynchronous
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Course Description
This microcredential examines representations of Indigenous peoples in mainstream media, pop culture, and social discourse. These lectures connect how settlers have portrayed Indigenous peoples: as exotic, savage, noble, disappearing, etc. with the real world impacts of those portrayals - including violence against Indigenous women, psychological harm, appropriation, and the justification of ongoing settler colonialism. Each lecture further explores how Indigenous creators, scholars, and activists are pushing back against stereotypical representations, and how students can support this work and/or make interventions of their own. Prerequisite: EXNS 2805.
Who Should Take This Course?
Beginner level
Learning Objectives
- Make connections between the dispossession of land and stereotypical representations of Indigenous peoples.
- Understand the role of popular media in perpetuating stereotypes of Indigenous peoples.
- Begin to explore how heteropatriarchal gender norms work in conjunction with settler colonialism.
- Learn and apply visual and discourse analysis skills to unpack colonial narratives in the media.
- Start to bring together concepts, myths, and stereotypes to disrupt stereotypical representations of Indigenous peoples.
- Engage with Indigenous peoples’ responses to stereotypical representations in writing, art, and activism.
Course / Module Outline
- “What’s the problem with Pocahontas?” Colonial Stereotypes of Indigenous Women
- “NDNs On the Screen”: Colonial Myths in Settler Films - Indigenous Futurisms and Indigenous Science Fiction
- The Stereotypes of the ‘Mystical Shaman’ and ‘Steward of the Land’
- “But Don’t Mascots Honour Indigenous Peoples?” Possession and Authenticity
Notes
Academic Lead:
Course creators and instructors:
Molly Swain
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Textbooks
All material is available online and no textbooks are required.
Record of Completion
Printable certificate; non-credit transcript; digital badge
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CONTACT US
Email nsonline@ualberta.ca with any questions.
Testimonials
"I found that I did not know a lot and believed some of the stereotypes." - Anonymous
Applies Towards the Following Programs
- Countering Stereotypes of Indigenous Peoples Series : Courses in the Series
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