however, sometimes components of current anthropological and art theory cross over into the personal realm and i think it is helpful to comment on these things.
reciprocal relationships are such processes. i'm not a sociologists nor have i gone to school for anything related to practical reality but i think we can think about our personal relationships in correlation with larger relationships between peoples and cultures. in the last year i entered into a relationship with someone who made me recognize the importance of facilitating talents and how the level of intellectual interaction between partners bolsters and encourages this kind of practice. we have both made (if i can speak on behalf of both) significant changes to our lifestyles in the last year and have become more productive in terms of our expressive necessities.
bringing this back to museums and art i can see a connection between this kind of relationship and the more general relationship between museums, contemporary art and first nations communities. if museums take time to act reciprocally with contemporary first nations artists their institutions will move in more positive directions of collaboration. this puts people on an equal playing field where differing perspectives reflect off each other and provide both positions with increased opportunities and possibilities. most museums still neglect to look at differing perspectives on an equilibrial level, constantly privileging the institutional perspective. this is most visible through exhibition practice and the constant confusion surrounding where contemporary art has to go and how to make room for it. over and over again these expressions of ontological thinking are separated from the 'artifacts' of everyday life, however if some museums took the time to look reciprocally at different perspectives on artistic production they would possibly realize that these boundaries don't necessarily exist.
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