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RAMATRIEMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2022-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

The Indigenous concept of rematriation refers to reclaiming of ancestral remains, spirituality, culture, knowledge and resources, instead of the more patriarchally associated repatriation. It simply means back to Mother Earth, a return to our origins, to life and co-creation, rather than patriarchal destruction and colonisation, a reclamation of germination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

[...] le rapatriement des biens culturels autochtones dépasse largement les frontières canadiennes. La cause révèle de manière globale comment les modes d'acquisition et de thésaurisation historiques du musée, institution née de l'Europe coloniale, sont aujourd’hui encore trop souvent empreints de colonialisme. Aussi, si nos auteurs ont choisi de parler de rapatriement, le terme «ramatriement» (ou rematriation en anglais) aurait pu lui être préféré. En plus d'offrir une alternative au patrimoine, terme à la connotation patriarcale, il gagne en signification en contexte culturel autochtone [...]

Spanish

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