Contemporary Indigenous Research Articles

Humour in Contemporary Indigenous Photography: Re-focusing the Colonial Gaze

Abstract: Although photography has long been used as a tool of colonial oppression to portray Indigenous peoples as either a “vanishing race” or to confirm their assimilation into the dominant colonial culture, contemporary Indigenous photographers are using humour to turn the colonial gaze back on itself. This article discusses the use of humour as a teaching tool by exploring the role of the “trickster” as a mode of subversion. Five Indigenous artists’ works are analyzed through this lens in order to show how contemporary Indigenous photographers employ elements of irony and satire to reveal the insidious nature of colonial stereotypes.

Stages in the Growth of a Primary Education System

Previous articleNext article No AccessStages in the Growth of a Primary Education SystemC. E. BeebyC. E. Beeby Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Comparative Education Review Volume 6, Number 1Jun., 1962 Sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/444904 Views: 8Total views on this site Citations: 7Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Gerard Guthrie Formalism In Developing Countries, (Jun 2011): 21–42.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1851-7_2Gaugau Va'Afuti Tavana, Steven J. Hite, E. Vance Randall Cultural Values and Education in Western Samoa: Tensions between Colonial Roots and Influences and Contemporary Indigenous Needs, International Journal of Educational Reform 6, no.11 (Jan 2019): 11–19.https://doi.org/10.1177/105678799700600102Thomas A. O'Donoghue, David Austin The Professional Development of Teacher Educators in the Developing World: a consideration of recent developments in Papua New Guinea, South Pacific Journal of Teacher Education 23, no.11 (Jul 2006): 45–59.https://doi.org/10.1080/0311213950230106Keith Watson Forty Years of Education and Development: from optimism to uncertainty, Educational Review 40, no.22 (Aug 2006): 137–174.https://doi.org/10.1080/0013191880400202Stephen P. Heyneman, Joseph P. Farrell, Manuel A. Sepulveda‐Stuardo Textbooks and Achievement in Developing Countries: What we Know, Journal of Curriculum Studies 13, no.33 (Sep 2006): 227–246.https://doi.org/10.1080/0022027810130306Gerard Guthrie Stages of educational development? Beeby revisited, International Review of Education 26, no.44 (Dec 1980): 411–438.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01421422C. E. Beeby The thesis of stages fourteen years later, International Review of Education 26, no.44 (Dec 1980): 451–474.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01421425