Publication: Yerli hayaletler: The business of fancydancing
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Yüzyıllar boyunca tekrarlanarak kemikleşen Yerli stereotipleri, Yerli halkları ortadan kaldırılması gereken
barbarlar ya da soylu vahşiler ikiliğine hapsederek Yerli failliğine el koymuştur. Çalışmanın amacı, egemen
kültürün Yerlilere yönelik kurumsal ve toplumsal düzeydeki stratejileri ile Yerli toplumunun geliştirdiği direniş
ve hayatta kalma stratejilerinin tarihsel-toplumsal çerçevede karşılaştırmalı olarak tartışılmasıdır. Yerli halkların
tarihi ve sömürgeciliğin çağdaş Yerli sineması üzerindeki etkisi, kurumsal politikalar, güç ilişkileri ve sosyal
pratikler üzerinden incelenmekte, egemen anlatı, sömürgeci bilgi setleri ve temsiller karşısında Yerli kolektif
hafızası ve karşı anlatısı merkeze yerleştirilmektedir. Sherman Alexie’nin filmi The Business of Fancydancing
(2002), rezervasyondaki geçmişi ve kentteki yaşamı arasında Yerli kimliğinin farklı yönlerini uzlaştırmaya çalışan
ana karakterin öyküsü aracılığıyla çağdaş Yerlilerin hayatta kalma mücadelesini anlatmaktadır. Sherman
Alexie’nin filmi örneğinde Yerli sineması, Yerli halkların kültürlerini, kimliklerini ve tarihlerini görsel-işitsel
üretim yoluyla keşfederek Yerli olmanın çağdaş yollarını müzakere ettikleri bir mücadele alanı olarak ele
alınmıştır. Alexie, egemen kültürün sömürgeleştirme etkisiyle mücadele etmek için ona katılım yolunu seçer;
şiirlerini, öykülerini ve filmlerini bağlantılı direniş alanlarına dönüştürür.
Indigenous stereotypes, which have been repeated and ossified over centuries, have appropriated Indigenous agency, trapping Indigenous peoples in the barbarian/noble savage binary to be eradicated. In a comparative historical-social framework, the study aims to discuss the institutional and social strategies of the dominant culture against the Indigenous peoples, as well as the strategies of resistance and survival developed by the Indigenous community. The history of Indigenous peoples and the impact of colonialism on contemporary Indigenous cinema are examined through institutional politics, power relations, and social practices, focusing on Indigenous collective memory and counter-narratives against dominant narratives, colonialist knowledge sets, and representations. Sherman Alexie's film The Business of Fancydancing (2002) depicts Indigenous peoples’ struggle for survival through the story of the protagonist trying to reconcile different aspects of Indigenous identity between his reservation past and his urban life. In the case of Sherman Alexie's film, Indigenous cinema is treated as a site of struggle where Indigenous peoples negotiate contemporary ways of being Indigenous by exploring their culture, identity, and history through audiovisual production. Alexie chooses to participate in the dominant culture to combat with its colonizing effect and he transforms his poems, stories and films into connected areas of resistance.
Indigenous stereotypes, which have been repeated and ossified over centuries, have appropriated Indigenous agency, trapping Indigenous peoples in the barbarian/noble savage binary to be eradicated. In a comparative historical-social framework, the study aims to discuss the institutional and social strategies of the dominant culture against the Indigenous peoples, as well as the strategies of resistance and survival developed by the Indigenous community. The history of Indigenous peoples and the impact of colonialism on contemporary Indigenous cinema are examined through institutional politics, power relations, and social practices, focusing on Indigenous collective memory and counter-narratives against dominant narratives, colonialist knowledge sets, and representations. Sherman Alexie's film The Business of Fancydancing (2002) depicts Indigenous peoples’ struggle for survival through the story of the protagonist trying to reconcile different aspects of Indigenous identity between his reservation past and his urban life. In the case of Sherman Alexie's film, Indigenous cinema is treated as a site of struggle where Indigenous peoples negotiate contemporary ways of being Indigenous by exploring their culture, identity, and history through audiovisual production. Alexie chooses to participate in the dominant culture to combat with its colonizing effect and he transforms his poems, stories and films into connected areas of resistance.
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Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler, Kitle İletişimi ve Araçları, Radyo, Sinema ve Televizyon, Social Sciences and Humanities, Mass Communications and Mass Media, Radio, Cinema and Television, Sosyal Bilimler (SOC), Sosyal Bilimler Genel, İLETİŞİM, FİLM, RADYO, TELEVİZYON, Social Sciences (SOC), SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL, COMMUNICATION, FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION, İletişim, Sosyal Bilimler ve Beşeri Bilimler, Communication, Social Sciences & Humanities, Yerli sineması, Yerli kimliği, görsel egemenlik, Sherman Alexie, The Business of Fancydancing, Indigenous cinema, Indigenous representation, visual sovereignty
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Şen A., "Yerli Hayaletler: The Business of Fancydancing", KİLAD Kocaeli Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Araştırma Dergisi, sa.22, ss.101-126, 2023
