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| − | According to Wikipedia[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples] "'''(i)ndigenous peoples''' are those groups especially protected in international or national legislation as having a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory, and their cultural or historical distinctiveness from other populations". However, beyond this vague outline there are | + | According to Wikipedia[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples] "'''(i)ndigenous peoples''' are those groups especially protected in international or national legislation as having a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory, and their cultural or historical distinctiveness from other populations". However, beyond this vague outline there are no really universally accepted definitions for "[[Indigenous]]". Nevertheless, according to the organization ''Cultural Survival''[https://www.culturalsurvival.org/who-are-indigenous-peoples], there are some characteristics that tend to be common among peoples to whom the term is normally applied. For example: |
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| + | (1) they tend to have (or at one time had) their own language; | ||
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| + | (2) they have distinctive cultural traditions that they still practice; | ||
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| + | (3) they have (or used to have) their own land and sovereign territory and they identify themselves as indigenous. | ||
= The notion of [[indigenous]] in South Africa = | = The notion of [[indigenous]] in South Africa = | ||
Originally referred to by colonial powers as "[[native]] (languages, peoples, customs, etc.)" | Originally referred to by colonial powers as "[[native]] (languages, peoples, customs, etc.)" | ||
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== Indigenous languages == | == Indigenous languages == | ||
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== Indigenous performance forms == | == Indigenous performance forms == | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:09, 4 January 2024
Contents
Indigenous as a concept
Synonyms found include also native, first (peoples), aboriginal.
Dictionary definitions
According to Dictionary.Com[1], indigenous means "...originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to)" a region or country", Thus one may speak of "..the plants indigenous to ...; the indigenous peoples of ...., the indigenous anguages of ...." and so on.
Indigenous peoples
According to Wikipedia[2] "(i)ndigenous peoples are those groups especially protected in international or national legislation as having a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory, and their cultural or historical distinctiveness from other populations". However, beyond this vague outline there are no really universally accepted definitions for "Indigenous". Nevertheless, according to the organization Cultural Survival[3], there are some characteristics that tend to be common among peoples to whom the term is normally applied. For example:
(1) they tend to have (or at one time had) their own language;
(2) they have distinctive cultural traditions that they still practice;
(3) they have (or used to have) their own land and sovereign territory and they identify themselves as indigenous.
The notion of indigenous in South Africa
Originally referred to by colonial powers as "native (languages, peoples, customs, etc.)"
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_South_Africa
Indigenous performance forms
Sources
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/who-are-indigenous-peoples
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/indigenous
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to The South African Context/General Terminology and Thematic Entries
Return to South African Theatre/Terminology and Thematic Entries
Return to South African Film /Terminology and Thematic Entries
Return to South African Media/Terminology and Thematic Entries
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
