Understanding Aboriginal Arts in Canada Today: A Knowledge and Literature Review
This knowledge and literature review examines a broad range of material on Aboriginal arts in Canada. Recognizing the importance of oral traditions in Aboriginal knowledge transfer, it also includes information gathered through one-on-one interviews with six senior Aboriginal artists. The following topics are covered:
- Aboriginal worldview
- Canada’s colonial history
- Aboriginal knowledge
- Western art lens
- recent history of Aboriginal arts
- Aboriginal arts in communities
- Aboriginal artists and their art
- the future of Aboriginal arts
In 2009, the Canada Council engaged France Trépanier and Chris Creighton-Kelly to carry out the study, based on topics identified in community consultations around its Aboriginal Arts Research Initiative (AARI).
