Entanglement and tinkering

Citation: Martindale, Andrew (2009) Entanglement and tinkering. Journal of Social Archaeology.9 (1): 59-91. (RSS)
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The author used the concept of ‘entanglement’ to understand the history and role of Northern Tsimshian communities in the colonial period. Cultural entanglement emphasized the power and agency of individuals to confront colonial forces, which connects the actions of individuals with the broader patterns of history. The notion of entanglement is that it combines concepts of variability, autonomy, resistance, and views cultural identity as a shared and negotiation between individuals. In addition, Entanglement builds the ideas of creolization and rejects the dichotomies of European/Indigenous or dominant/passive relationship. Based on the model of entanglement, the author traces the changes of artifacts and identity by examining the material culture and historical records, and is able to describe complex cultural trends and explanation for the trends.