CASE STUDY I: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF NATIVE AMERICANS (MIS)USED FOR SPORTS LOGOS
Read the Text Collection to get an idea of how one example of representation, in this case, American sports teams using the imagery and iconography derived from Native American cultures and communities --- is USED (and misused). Read the related texts to plug into the conversation and controversy. Similarly, you are choosing your own text to analyze and writing an essay about putting the image in context and in conversation with claims of "cultural appropriation"
RACIST STEREOTYPES AND CULTURAL APPOPRIATION IN AMERICAN SPORTS (SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE; 2013)
In this day-long symposium sports writers, scholars, authors, and representatives from sports organizations engaged in lively panel discussions on racist stereotypes and cultural appropriation in American sports.
The symposium explores the mythology and psychology of sports stereotypes and mascots, and examines the retirement of "Native American" sports references and collegiate efforts to revive them despite the NCAA's policy against "hostile and abusive" nicknames and symbols.
Part 1 of the symposium is linked below.
Parts 2, 3 can be found here.
The symposium explores the mythology and psychology of sports stereotypes and mascots, and examines the retirement of "Native American" sports references and collegiate efforts to revive them despite the NCAA's policy against "hostile and abusive" nicknames and symbols.
Part 1 of the symposium is linked below.
Parts 2, 3 can be found here.