Modern Őmie Women
Virtual Indigeneity and Intimations of Empowerment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2048587 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Rohatynskyj (0000-0002-2683-4228, University of Guelph, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 282-297 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oceania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-8077 • E-ISSN: 1834-4461 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ocea.5167 |
| OpenAlex | W2768710778 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
The women of Őmie Artists, a cooperative that produces original bark cloth paintings for the global indigenous art market, are described in contemporary ethnographic publications as ranked into a hierarchy of chiefs on the basis of their 'wisdom' which is expressed in their paintings. This depiction of the Őmie, who comprise a marginalized population of less than 2000 in Oro Province of Papua New Guinea, is dramatically different from what was known of their culture several decades ago. An assessment of the likelihood of this virtual depiction reflecting the social empowerment of Őmie women is undertaken. Although the impact of missionization and entry into capitalist markets is recognized, it is the interpellation of the art market of the 'indigenous artist', working within a traditional mystical tie with the land and the ancestors, which must be seen as precipitating what appears in virtual form an amplification and cultural embellishment of women's traditional knowledge and practices. This process is foregrounded against the historical change in valuation of women's cultural contributions by the discipline and the art world
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Colonialism · Depiction · Empowerment · Ethnography · Indigenous · Painting · Political science · Population · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Ecology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Museums and Cultural Heritage
Virtuality
Ethnicity, Inc.
Women of Value, Men of Renown
Who Owns Culture?
Critically Modern
Wayward Women
Braed Praes in V anuatu
Solicited and Unsolicited History
Ő mie Art and Ő mie Artists©
Mediations of Cloth
Transforming Relations of Gender, Person, and Agency in Oceania
Gender equality and women's empowerment
Introduction
Liberal vs. Liberating Empowerment
Introduction
Engendering Violence in Papua New Guinea
The Nayars and the Definition of Marriage
Becoming Sinners
The Larger Context of Omie Sex Affiliation
The Production of Inequality
Ontologies of the image and economies of exchange
Culture, secrets, and Ömie history
Empowering the dividual
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |