A gift economy in action

Length: 0:28:49
Uploaded: 24 Apr, 2011

Recording Date: 4 Nov, 2004
Recording Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Vancouver BC Canada
Logsheet: none
Language: English
Topical for: Timeless
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
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Program Title: WINGS #52-10 Indigeneity and Leadership
Description: Speaking at the International Conference on the Gift Economy, Jeanette Armstrong explained Nsilxcn words for concepts not easily expressed in English: For example, a duty towards the mutually sustaining balance of diversity on the land and in human communities; gift-giving as the essence of humanity; and a type of cultural communication in which leadership means listening, and its challenge is to find a solution that satisfies the most diverse views.

Host(s):
Featured Speakers/Guests: Jeanette Armstrong, author and founder of the En'owkin Centre, an Indigenous cultural, educational and creative arts institution in Penticton, BC, Canada.

Credits: Thanks to L.A. Sound Posse for sharing audio, and to Genevieve Vaughan for travel support.

Comments: Links: http://www.enowkincentre.ca/home.html http://www.gift-economy.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Armstrong