The Language of Secret Proof: Indigenous Truth and Representation
Sternberg Press
· 2019
· Paperback
A study of how Indigenous communities in the United States must present evidence of land rights in courts whose rules of proof exclude Native ways of knowing.
Kolowratnik works with Hemish (Jemez Pueblo) people in northern New Mexico on drawing and notation systems. These record knowledge for legal use while respecting its cultural secrecy. They also challenge the opposition between secrecy and disclosure built into Western legal practice. The book is volume 10 of the Critical Spatial Practice series, edited by Nikolaus Hirsch and Markus Miessen. It includes artwork by Trevor Paglen and contributions by Elsa Stamatopoulou and Pah-Tow-Wei Paul Tosa. Sternberg Press published it in Berlin in 2019.
Details
Publisher
Sternberg Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9783956790973
Format
Paperback
Pages
150
Dimensions
15cm × 10.5cm
Language
English
Edition
Critical Spatial Practice 10
Notes
Title per Sternberg page and cover: 'The Language of Secret Proof: Indigenous Truth and Representation' (series Critical Spatial Practice, vol. 10). Page count conflict: Sternberg says 150; Getty MARC says 141 pages plus 12 unnumbered pages of plates. Sternberg says softcover with dust jacket, 10.5x15 cm; Getty says 15 cm. Sternberg date is November 2019. Classification 'Artist Book' is a loose fit; it is a theory/practice monograph in a series, adjust at ingest if a better bucket exists. No author bio source fetched, so no artist-context beat beyond the series. No price recorded. Sternberg URL returns 403 to curl but loads in WebFetch.
Contributors
Editor
Nikolaus Hirsch, Markus Miessen
Contributors
Trevor Paglen (Artwork); Elsa Stamatopoulou (Contributor); Pah-Tow-Wei Paul Tosa (Contributor)