Waterhouse, Elizabeth Neumann (19 November 2022). Yarning: Mnemotechnics for Oral History from an Indigenous Standpoint (Unpublished). In: Producing Dance Memories: Oral History and Mnemotechnics. Université Côte d’Azur – Nice. November 18-20, 2022.
Yarning is an approach to conversation and knowledge production among Aboriginal peoples, creating a “telling space” (Williams, 2007: 117) foregrounding respect, relationship and accountability (Dean, 2010). Looking at the problem of developing oral history research for the purpose of dance historiography, in this talk I will consider how Indigenous Standpoint Theory and the act of yarning may enter into our debates of oral history best practices. Respecting, connecting and then reflecting (Yunkaporta, 2019), I aim not to appropriate Aboriginal techniques but rather to use this rich starting point as a framework to sketch criteria for a dance studies approach to oral history production. My talk will draw upon scholarship by Indigenous Studies scholar Tyson Yunkaporta and my own research with dancer interviews at the oral history collection of the Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts (SAPA).
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Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Theater Studies |
UniBE Contributor: |
Waterhouse, Elizabeth Neumann |
Subjects: |
700 Arts > 790 Sports, games & entertainment |
Funders: |
[4] Swiss National Science Foundation |
Projects: |
[1427] Auto_Bio_Grafie als Performance. Ein tanzhistoriografisches Innovationsfeld Official URL |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Elizabeth Neumann Waterhouse |
Date Deposited: |
03 Apr 2023 08:30 |
Last Modified: |
26 Apr 2024 14:10 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Yarning, Oral History, Indigenous Standpoint Theory, Dance |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/181171 |
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