Examining the Gathering of Nations Powwow and a NCCA Division I basketball game
| Autor: | Steven Aicinena, Sebahattin Ziyanak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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spectacle
Basketball History 030504 nursing NCAA basketball Pan-Indianism 030229 sport sciences Division (mathematics) North America’s indigenous peoples Visual arts 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Native Americans powwows sport 0305 other medical science large intertribal contest powwows gathering of nations powwow |
| Zdroj: | Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi; Cilt 16 Sayı 3 (2019); 875-884 Journal of Human Sciences; Vol 16 No 3 (2019); 875-884 |
| ISSN: | 2458-9489 1303-5134 |
| Popis: | Powwows are ceremonial gatherings of North America’s indigenous peoples that deliverritual focus, solidarity, collective identity, cohesion, and cultural persistence through song, dance, and social interaction. Powwows underwent significant transformationsafter indigenous peoples’ contact with European colonialists. The Gathering of Nations Powwowis a large intertribal contest powwow (LICP) thatattracts over 3,500 dancers who compete for prize money in front of more than 15,000 spectators. This paper examines the construction of a large intertribal contest powwow and an NCAA Division I basketball game. The purpose of this study is to determine in what ways the structure of the Gathering of Nations Powwow and a New Mexico Lobo (NCAA Division I Institution) basketball game are similar and different in promotional and staging activities. This study focusedontwo questions “Are both LICPs and NCAA Division I basketball games rightfully considered spectacles?” And, “If LICPs are, indeed, spectacles, to what extent do they share the structural characteristics of sports spectacles such as NCAA Division I basketball games?” The participant observation method is utilized to make comparisons between the two events.All field ethnographic observations were conductedduring the 2018Gathering of Nations Powwow and a University of New Mexico men’s basketballgame held during the 2018-19 season. We determined that the Gathering of Nations Powwow is a spectacle and that it is highly similar to an NCAA Division I basketball game in terms of its structure. |
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