Comments on: Indians in Toronto http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/05/26/indians-in-toronto/ Fearless. Thoughtful. Witty. Canadian. And Opinionated. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:27:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Andrew D'Cruz http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/05/26/indians-in-toronto/#comment-4706 Andrew D'Cruz Wed, 28 May 2008 16:15:19 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=771#comment-4706 @chantelle: well... I think there's a Monkman at the ROM, so we're probably on our way. @chantelle: well… I think there’s a Monkman at the ROM, so we’re probably on our way.

]]> By: chantelle oliver http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/05/26/indians-in-toronto/#comment-4705 chantelle oliver Wed, 28 May 2008 16:08:36 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=771#comment-4705 The production and circulation of the "Indian" is so central in the creation and maintenance of the status quo (in the Said Orientalist sense) I think it is important that these historic symbols be appropriated and robbed of their metanarrative qualities instead of hidden away in junk shops and museum basements. The ideal being the moment when museums start displaying these political projects as historic moments as significant as colonial booties instead of it all getting relegated to art galleries. The production and circulation of the “Indian” is so central in the creation and maintenance of the status quo (in the Said Orientalist sense) I think it is important that these historic symbols be appropriated and robbed of their metanarrative qualities instead of hidden away in junk shops and museum basements. The ideal being the moment when museums start displaying these political projects as historic moments as significant as colonial booties instead of it all getting relegated to art galleries.

]]> By: Pat Tanzola http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/05/26/indians-in-toronto/#comment-4699 Pat Tanzola Tue, 27 May 2008 21:04:44 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=771#comment-4699 Internet Explorer 6.0? - yikes. God knows what other visual trainwrecks that antediluvian browser is causing... any other blog bugs there? keep a list and let me know... Internet Explorer 6.0? - yikes. God knows what other visual trainwrecks that antediluvian browser is causing… any other blog bugs there? keep a list and let me know…

]]> By: t c http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/05/26/indians-in-toronto/#comment-4697 t c Tue, 27 May 2008 19:53:24 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=771#comment-4697 no wonder why i don't see it... i'm viewing this on IE 6.0... no wonder why i don’t see it… i’m viewing this on IE 6.0…

]]> By: Pat Tanzola http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/05/26/indians-in-toronto/#comment-4696 Pat Tanzola Tue, 27 May 2008 16:31:06 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=771#comment-4696 @ t c you have to mouseover the asterisk - see walrusmagazine.com/bironist for he who perfected art of the the perhaps-not-very-obvious-but-certainly-funky walrus asterisk @ t c

you have to mouseover the asterisk - see walrusmagazine.com/bironist for he who perfected art of the the perhaps-not-very-obvious-but-certainly-funky walrus asterisk

]]> By: Indians in Toronto « the thrifty girl’s guide to life http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/05/26/indians-in-toronto/#comment-4695 Indians in Toronto « the thrifty girl’s guide to life Tue, 27 May 2008 16:08:22 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=771#comment-4695 [...] Read the full post. [...] [...] Read the full post. [...]

]]> By: t c http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/05/26/indians-in-toronto/#comment-4694 t c Tue, 27 May 2008 15:53:57 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=771#comment-4694 i notice the asterisk following the first appearance of "indian," but there ain't no indication at the bottom of what that note is for... i'm guessing it's to point out the problematic usage of that term? i notice the asterisk following the first appearance of “indian,” but there ain’t no indication at the bottom of what that note is for… i’m guessing it’s to point out the problematic usage of that term?

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