- Title
- Rethinking appropriation of the indigenous : A romanticist approach to cultural imperialism within neo-Pagan communities
- Creator
- Newton, Janice; Waldron, David
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/35754
- Identifier
- vital:3299
- Abstract
- Since the origins of contemporary neo-Paganism in the 1950s, neo-Pagan communities have been riven by conflicts surrounding the appropriation of art, ritual, music and identity from colonised indigenous cultures. Fundamental views of ethnically owned cultural property and heritage are juxtaposed with notions of universal ownership reflecting post modern cosmopolitanism. These perspectives of cultural appropriation and belonging are profoundly shaped by the twin concerns of needing to maintain a sense of authenticity in ritual, symbolism and belief, and by access to public representation which is shaped by a long history of colonial and post-colonial engagement with indigenes. Furthermore, issues of wealth, power and representation and the structural issues of cultural transmission within indigenous and neo-Pagan communities further complicate the issues surrounding cultural ownership and identity. The paper argues that the experience of romanticism and empire are central to understanding the appropriation of the indigenous by neo-pagan communities but also recognises that deep connections and genuine commitment to shared communicative discourse in a contemporary cultural context are part of this relationship. This paper negotiates these issues in relation to the engagement of neo-Pagan discourses with colonial indigenous culture in relation to romantic constructions of ethnicity, community, language and cultural property.
- Publisher
- Auckland :
- Relation
- Paper presented at Ownership and Appropriation: A joint international conference of the ASA, the ASAANZ and the AAS, Auckland : 8th-12th December 2008
- Rights
- Copyright unknown
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Rights
- Culturally sensitive
- Subject
- Indigenous culture; Neopaganism; Colonial; Culture
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