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We Interrupt This Program

We Interrupt This Program

Indigenous Media Tactics in Canadian Culture

by Miranda J. Brady and John M.H. Kelly

Published by: UBC Press

Imprint: UBC Press

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Digital download
9780774835114
Published: November 2017

Digital download
9780774835107
Published: November 2017

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This book will appeal to wide spectrum of readers – from students and scholars in communications and media studies to those with a general interest in Canadian art, culture, history, journalism, anthropology, and Indigenous studies.

Introduction: Indigenous Media Tactics

1 Media Practices and Subversions: Survivor Testimonials in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

2 IsumaTV’s “Testimony by Isuma”: Online Expressions of Inuit Culture and Assimilation

3 Redfacing, Remediation, and Other Indigenous ArtTactics: Challenging Cultural Institutions

4 imagineNATIVE as Industry Intervention: Supporting and Growing Indigenous Media Makers

5 Reporting News in Indigenous Communities: A Conversation with Journalist Duncan McCue on Respect and Relationality

Conclusion: Media Tactics Old and New

Notes; Works Cited; Index

Miranda J. Brady is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa. John M.H. Kelly is an adjunct research professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University.

[We Interrupt this Program] provides an analytical perspective to help readers reflect on what types of new interruptions may be brewing – or to plan the interventions themselves.
~Greg Macdougall, Briarpatch Magazine

...the book chronicles the breadth of media interventions employed by Aboriginal media creators, foregrounding Indigenous worldviews, agency and resilience while challenging colonial myths. It is a vital resource for anyone seeking to understand Indigenous cultural expression in Canada in the digital age. ~Brad Clark, Journalism and Broadcast Media Studies at Mount Royal University, Canadin Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 38, No. 1