Doctoral Dissertation Research: Cultural Revival in Bella Coola: Art, Appropriation, and National Identity

摘要编号：9630019 Koester/Alland/克雷默 人类学论文项目的目的是调查本土艺术在不列颠哥伦比亚省的贝拉库拉（Bella Coola）或Nuxalk人的文化认同和复兴中的作用。对于Nuxalk来说，艺术是一个过程，是一个文化建构的事件，也是一个最终产品。当代Nuxalt艺术可以被解释为当前围绕Nuxalt身份的斗争的表现。艺术将从其生产者及其本土消费者的角度进行研究。这项研究，将采用参与观察和开放式访谈，涉及的对象和知识的挪用和遣返的问题。

ABSTRACT OPP-9630019 Koester/Alland/Kramer The object of the dissertation project in anthropology is to investigate the role of native art in cultural identity and revival among the Bella Coola, or Nuxalk, people of British Columbia. For the Nuxalk, art is process and a culture-constructing event, as well as an end product. Contemporary Nuxalt art can be interpreted as a manifestation of the current struggles surrounding Nuxalt identity. Art will be studied from the perspective of its producers as well as its Native consumers. This study, which will employ participant-observation and open-ended interviews, relates to issues of object and knowledge appropriation and repatriation.