Power through Testimony: Reframing Residential Schools in the Age of Reconciliation
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (534 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0774833904 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 252 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Brieg Capitaine is professor of sociology at the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies at the University of Ottawa. Menzies, Arie Molena, Ronald Niezen, Simone Poliandri, and Eric Taylor Woods . Karine Vanthuyne is associate professor of anthropology at the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies at the University of Ottawa. Contributors: Janice Cindy Gaudet, Cheryl Gaver, Robyn Green, Jula Hughes, Lawrence Martin/Wapistan, Charles R
Drawing on field research during the commission and in local communities, the contributors reveal how survivors are unsettling colonial narratives about residential schools and how churches and former school staff are receiving or resisting the new "residential school story.". Power through Testimony documents how survivors are remembering and reframing our understanding of residential schools in the wake of the 2007 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, which includes the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a forum for survivors, families, and communities to share their memories and stories with the Canadian public. The commission closed and reported in 2015, and this timely volume reveals what was happening on the ground
The commission closed and reported in 2015, and this timely volume reveals what happened on the ground.Drawing on field research during the commission and in local communities, the contributors reveal how survivors are unsettling colonial narratives about residential schools and how the churches and former school staff are receiving or resisting the “new” residential school story. Ultimately, however, the contributors question the power of the TRC to unsettle dominant colonial narratives about residential schools and transform the relationship between Indigenous people and Canadian society.. Part 1 details how residential schools have been understood and repr