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Indigenous Cinemas and Futurisms

How Indigenous Visual Arts Are Shifting the Narratives and Offering a New Relationship to Space and Landscapes

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ID5806600
AuthorsSophie Gergaud (corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume54
Issue54
Pages151-169
Publication date2021-07-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRecherches anglaises et nord-américaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0557-6989 • E-ISSN: 3000-4411
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/ranam.862
OpenAlexW4391625110
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

Defined by their tragic past and largely denied a thriving present, Indigenous peoples are absent from mainstream present-day worlds and imagined futures. This twisted representation can largely be blamed on mainstream films and media, which have contributed to emptying the supposedly "new" and "discovered" territories from their first inhabitants: to become fully American, the conquered spaces had to be given a new aesthetic aspect and value, one that deprived them of their former Indigenous components whose very existence was hence denied. Yet, for decades now, Indigenous filmmakers have been working hard to make sure their visions be seen, their aesthetics be (re)considered, and the shaping of the landscape by their ancestors recognized, thus correcting the old western traditional narratives while producing portrayals of Indigenous peoples as human beings engaged in contemporary life, entangled in space and inseparable from their territories. A new generation of Indigenous artists is now taking the creative world a step further, revisiting and shifting the narratives while taking a deliberate leap forward in time and reclaiming space. Indigenous futurisms enable us to dive into artistic visions about Indigenous places in the future and their role in shaping a common, collective, and diverse destiny for those landscapes

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,4
Citation span2021 - 2025 (5)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2

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