Opis

• Tytuł:
  Reinterpretation of ‘Sacred Space’ at The Newark Earthworks and Serpent Mound: Settler Colonialism and Discourses of 'Sacred'
• Twórca:
  Garner, Sandra
• Opis:
  Mound-building was a preoccupation for the original, Indigenous occupants of the eastern portion of North America for at least six centuries. The efforts, from small to monumental, reflect a precision, often reflecting astronomical phenomena and are proliferated across the region. Today many remnants of these extraordinary efforts remain despite the systems of erasure that are characteristic of settler colonialism. Two such sites are the focus of this paper: the Newark Earthworks and Serpent Mound. Both sites are short-listed for UNESCO World Heritage status. Newark, Hopewell, and Serpent are all names given by dominant culture with no relation to the Indigenous architects and builders. They endure and resist, despite a long and complicated history of dominance. This paper offers a brief historical contextualization to demonstrate the ramifications of settler colonialism, which ruptured connections between Indigenous people and this land while simultaneously reinterpreting the sites as distinctly American. This lays a foundation for the web of narratives refashioned and recirculated in today’s contest over World Heritage status. Central to these narratives is ascribing the label of “sacred” to the sites and the vast number of constituents who claim “ownership” of them, including both local and global governmental agencies, historical societies, Native peoples, academics, and golfers. Furthermore, we can include those with religious and/or spiritual claims to the mounds such as the Mormons, new-agers, fundamentalist Christians, and contemporary Native tribes. Many of these stakeholders have come together to work toward the coveted World Heritage Status. But, if and when that happens, whose story will dominate? Who will make decisions? Whose voice will be heard?
• Dostępność obiektu:
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• Prawa:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 Sandra Garner and the Review of International American Studies
• Data:
  2023.08.28
• Typ:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  "Peer-reviewed article"
• Język:
  angielski
• Źródło:
  Review of International American Studies; Vol. 16 No. 1 (2023): Sacred Spaces in North America—RIAS Vol. 16, Spring–Summer (1/2023); 87-114;
  Review of International American Studies; Tom 16 Nr 1 (2023): Sacred Spaces in North America—RIAS Vol. 16, Spring–Summer (1/2023); 87-114;
  1991-2773;
  10.31261/rias.2023.16.1
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Wydawca:
  University of Silesia Press
• Relacja: https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/13857/12150
• Temat i słowa kluczowe:
  Mounds;
  Earthworks;
  Sacred Sites;
  World Heritage;
  Settler-colonialism
• Identyfikator: https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RIAS/article/view/13857
• Dostawca danych:
  Czasopisma Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
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