Assigned Reading #2

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Assigned Reading #2 A. Textbook Readings- Chapter 2 cont’d 1. What are the “Four R’s of Indigenous Research Methods”? (45-46) ● Respect - Respect each other as human beings - Respect the power of cultural knowledge, cultural protocol, and the authority and expertise of the Elder ● Responsibility - Taking the role as a teacher and learner of Indigenous knowledge seriously - Be mindful of what readers and other learners can understand ● Reciprocity - Acquire and validate researchers’ understanding with the Elder teacher and teach onto others’ what the knowledge they have gathered - Contributing to the continuing cycle of knowledge that passes on from generation to generation ● Reverence - Must be deep respect toward spiritual knowledge and one’s spiritual being Textbook Readings- Chapter 3 1. What is the history of cultures in Canada? What are the 4 kinds of cultural erosion according to Varan (1998)? What is Champagne’s theory on why/how Indigenous Peoples and their cultures have survived? (56-57) - First culture: The first Nationsa and Inuit (last at least 14,000 years) - Culture from Scandinavia - First European immgrants (some are from france) - French trappers and First Nations resulted in the fromations of a new culture, the Meétis - French traders settled in Canada and women married with these men were sent to Quebec - England had recurrently warred with France 4 Kinds of cultural erosion 1. Culture abrasion : results from friction between an existing cultural terrain and a foreign media agent, such as the effects of American television on Canadian viewers. 2. Cultural deflation : occurs when the least consolidated facets within a culture are most vulnerable to foreign influence, such as the assimilation of English-language scientific and technical language into other languages. 3. Cultural deposition : occurs when foreign beliefs, practices, and artifacts cross-fertilize a

cultural landscape, as continues to occur through global commerce. 4. Cultural saltation : is the appropriation of new, foreign social practices in response to the perceived threat of a foreign media agent, such as radio producers using the internet to distribute podcasts of their audio shows. 2. What is Queer Theory? (63) Midterm!! - see culture as something that perpetuates sexuality categories, including the norms and inequalities associated with those categories - mainly aimed at questioning the ways we categorize reality (with particular emphasis on sexuality and gender identities) - It is a set of approaches that has grown largely out of the works of Michel Foucault on sexuality and those of Judith Butler on gender performance - The central assertion of queer theory is that all sex and gender categories--for example, heterosexual- are social constructions with social causes and social consequences. - They are not essential to or rooted in, the characteristics of the individual. 3. What is material culture? What is nonmaterial culture? (68) - Material culture: The physical and technological aspects of people's physical objects that members of the culture create and use. - Nonmaterial culture: The values, norms beliefs that are most common in society. => we compare cultures and societies with one another. B. Article Reading Retrieve the following article from the UofA online library: Vincent, J. & Crossman, J. (2015). "Our Game Our Gold": Newspaper Narratives about the Canadian Men's Ice Hockey Team at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Journal of Sport Behavior. 38, (1), 97-117. Retrieving the Article : Go to the University library website. Enter the title of article in search bar ("Our Game Our Gold": Newspaper Narratives about the Canadian Men's Ice Hockey Team at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games”). Enter your CCID and password. The article link will appear with the PDF article. Click on the PDF. If you have any problems locating the article, please contact a librarian through online chat feature. Answer the following questions : 1. What were the five (5) themes identified by the authors in their textual analysis of the Globe

and Mail's coverage of the of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games? Explain. (105-111) ● five educational themes of Olympism: 1) joy of effort in sport and physical activity 2) fair play 3) respect for others 4) pursuit of excellence and balance between body, will and mind. 5) 2. The authors of this study identified several problems associated with the conflation of hockey with the Canadian identity. What are these problems? (111-113) - hypermasculinized toughness, aggression, and violence on the hockey rink, and rapid, boisterous support by fans off the rink is contradicted with the traditional portrayal of Canadians as diffident, humble, modest, and polite. - The rivalry between Canada and the United States permeated the narratives and illustrated Canadian frailty and insecurity - Canadian hockey success against the local rival, the hegemonic world power, provided the country with a positive sense of national pride and euphoria - This largely unchallenged version of Canadianness ignored the inherent divisions and tensions of Quebec separatism, while socioeconomic inequalities and subordinated groups were also glossed over with equal aplomb.

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