Through Time and Space: Placeknowing and Arts at Diné College

Autor/in	Britton, Karla Cavarra
Titel	Through Time and Space: Placeknowing and Arts at Diné College
Quelle	In: Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 32 (2021) 3 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-5505
Schlagwörter	Minority Serving Institutions; Tribally Controlled Education; Navajo (Nation); American Indian Culture; Art Education; Fine Arts; Grants; Artists; COVID-19; Pandemics; Campuses; Educational Facilities Design; American Indians; Public Health; Arizona + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildende Kunst; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; American Indian; Indianer; Gesundheitswesen
Abstract	Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) across North America are located in communities grappling with the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic has intensified the stress on many Native communities already struggling with issues of economic sustainability and public health. Yet COVID-19--or "Dikos Nitsaaígíí-19"--has hit the Navajo Nation especially hard. According to CNN, by the late fall of 2020 almost one in 12 people in the Navajo Nation had contracted the virus. This article describes how Diné College in Arizona has responded to the pandemic crisis by focusing on the role of Navajo art and artists in addressing issues of community health and sustainability. In 2018, the college took the step of expanding its arts curriculum to include a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. In inaugurating the BFA program, the college's School of Arts, Humanities, and English (SAHE) has sought to deepen involvement in documenting and encouraging the practice of both traditional and contemporary Native arts in the Navajo Nation. This goal is based on the value of perpetuating Navajo traditions through communal participation and absorption of the arts. [The article was written with assistance from Theodore Jojola, Michaela Paulette Shirley, Latoya Largo, Kayla Jackson, and Paul Willeto.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. P.O. Box 720, Mancos, CO 81328. Tel: 888-899-6693; Fax: 970-533-9145; Web site: http://www.tribalcollegejournal.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01