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Art is a form of expression. It communicates to the people the feelings and ideas of the artists. Just like a camera, it also captures an event or for this week's lesson, the usual lives of Indigenous People - that they too are updated with our modern civilizations. With these, I believe that art can fight stereotypes. We can fight stereotypes by equipping ourselves with knowledge. More often than not, stereotypes are created by having a poor understanding on things. We should open our eyes, minds, and hearts to new perceptions. Similar to our class, we are being exposed to the arts and crafts of our First Nations, hence, we are given a new perspective of things. With the growing organizations of Indigenous People that showcase the truth in their stories, through literature, arts, talks, and many more, experiencing these things can enrich our knowledge further and ensure that we are are hearing authentic indigenous voices.

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In my opinion, art is an expression that can help anyone to express their views regarding anything. It can be in the form of dance, music, painting, and literature. Sometimes, there are situations where people can not express themselves through words, but art. It is a strong tool to help fight stereotypes. Everyone has different perspectives and these can help fight against these. An ordinary citizen could give their contribution to this by being active. The best way is to spread awareness among people, so that they do not fall into the deep pit of stereotypes. If they have the right knowledge and education, they can overcome anything.
Nowadays, social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube are encouraged as a communication platform instead of Art forms like paintings to represent happenings in the society. Sometimes, these platforms interpret the information in a wrong way forcing the people to make false assumptions.
Through learning Indigenous Peoples history thoroughly, feeling their pain, reading articles, interviews, knowing and maintaining their culture are some of the ways to make sure that we are interacting with Indigenous voices.

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Humans are all the same. Stereotyping is all the mind.

Art has a major impact in fighting stereotypes. Many artists use their work to bring attention to a variety of issues, especially when it comes to representation. Individuals can gain a better understanding of the reality of having to envision themselves by viewing artwork, attending a theatre performance, or even listening to music. Many artists, in my opinion, have already begun their fight against stereotyping, and it is effective in providing so much detailed information for people to understand that stereotyping must cease, as well as spreading awareness about how to prevent and stop stereotyping through their artwork. I can contribute to the fight against stereotyping by reminding people that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. It's like a word of mouth on how to continue humanity in this world. We can be assured we're engaging with true Indigenous voices by seeing, listening, and discovering them thoroughly, as well as truly envisioning their artwork.

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Change your mind

Continuing to educate people about the negative consequences of preconceptions and prejudices might have very hazardous consequences. Telling or educating someone erroneous facts or unduly biassed beliefs, for example, will almost certainly lead the truth to shift. Art reveals a country's historical realities. It also depicts the painful storey of a country in a different way, with the same image but a twisted culture. We will not know its genuine meaning if we understand it through incorrect stereotypes and prejudices. As a result, we need greater attention, knowledge, and research to comprehend the true significance of art painting, and this will be much more so when people know the history of the of indigenous populations through painting.

Attending historical books, movies on the impact on aboriginal peoples, plus seminars held by native groups to discover the genuine history about them as people speak is an excellent approach to understand indigenous peoples' art paintings.

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Art is a highly effective source to use to fight against stereotypes. It helps portray an image for us to see right away instead of having to imagine one for ourselves by reading an article or hearing a podcast about stereotypes. Sometimes words can go right past us and it is easily dismissed due to the nature of our short attention spans. Through art, not only it is captivating through the colors used, shapes, and mediums, it also allows us to trigger our creativity to interpret the artwork from our perspective. Through this, we can understand the intentions that the artists portray in our ways, which in turn makes it more memorable.

For us to fight against stereotypes, we need to be active in learning about them in the first place. Sitting idle and doing nothing certainly doesn't bring about change. We must act by sharing information, educating those around and close to us, and standing for what is right. By doing this, it helps create a chain effect, it helps create a voice for people who can't be heard, and also create awareness for those who do not know.

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Eliminating my own stereotypes through art.

Before studying this week's module, I hadn't even thought about how art could help change all those wrong ideas we built over the years, but after seeing all these works and the impact they have generated on me, not because I believed the opposite of the images but because of the way they lead us to see the world, a real world drawn on a canvas. I definitely think that it is very effective to use art as a tool to eradicate stereotypes and I think we have the task of disseminating this type of work to reach more people, this is a way of creating awareness in people without filling them with so much information. For example, I think that sharing this type of art on my social networks could help many more people become concerned and become interested in learning about the history and reality of these indigenous communities and once and for all stop thinking that they are just savage communities.

I think that now with access to the internet, there are many ways through which we can ensure that we are exposed to authentic voices of Indigenous people and that is by checking their profiles on social networks because there is information there that can help us verify what we want to know. And additionally, we can check the content they share since an authentic Indigenous person would never publish information against their communities and less than what they identify with.

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Let's break the walls!

From what I have seen from the past modules, I can concur that artworks do an excellent job in combating stereotypes, regardless of whether they are good or bad. We can fight against stereotypes as ordinary citizens by promoting actual artists that are trying to combat stereotypes with art. However, as ordinary citizens, we could help break the walls of stereotypes by letting other ordinary citizens learn and reflect upon the challenges the Indigenous face. Some ways we can do that to be exposed or voiced out by the voices of the Indigenous community is to respect the Indigenous culture, pay for their specific-made merchandise, and attend any committee talking about anything pertaining to Indigenous culture.

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Jochebed Nyarko

In my opinion, art is an effective tool in fighting stereotypes because it does it subtly. Paintings, drawings and sculptures  trigger viewer's thoughts to envision what the artist wants to communicate. This way the artist subconsciously plants his/her opinions in the viewer's mind which changes perspectives. Slowly but surely art changes stereotypes.

Also, as ordinary citizens, we must learn the true meaning behind the art and do our best to propagate the true meaning with our most reliable source, social media. Furthermore, we can donate to these artists so that more art fighting stereotypes will be made. This will cause more people to come into contact with them.

One way we can ensure that we are interacting with authentic Indigenous voices is by checking their background, for instance, we can check their social media presence.
Moreover, we can search established websites creating awareness for Indigenous people to find Indigenous authors and artists.

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Time for change.

Personally, I believe that art is a powerful tool for combating stereotypes. Above all, most artists have a unique perspective on the things, facts, and issues at hand, and they use their focus points to appeal to the general public. Similarly, regular people can overcome preconceptions if they strive to look at any situation from a fresh perspective. Attending historical books, movies on the history of indigenous peoples, and seminars hosted by indigenous peoples to discover the genuine history of them as they speak is an excellent approach to understand indigenous peoples' art paintings.

We, as common citizens, can combat stereotypes through education and study. The greatest option, in my opinion, is to go see the people about whom we have stereotypes and talk with them to get to know them better. If we are unable to do so, we should investigate whether there is a cultural centre in our city or nearby where we can obtain credible information, as we can not always discover accurate information on the Internet. Furthermore, cultural centres can assist us in ensuring that we are dealing with legitimate Indigenous voices; but, if we have any doubts, we should contact colleges or universities that have Indigenous faculty or departments and are in communication with the First Nations.

Continuing to educate people about the negative consequences of preconceptions and prejudices might have very hazardous consequences. Telling or educating someone erroneous facts or unduly biassed beliefs, for example, will almost certainly lead the truth to shift. Art reveals a country's historical realities. It also depicts the painful storey of a country in a different way, with the same picture but a twisted culture.

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Sunny ( Syeong Ok ) Uoo

Try to have a different perspective!

Personally, I agree that art is a power medium to fight stereotypes.  Above all, most artists have a different perspective on objects, facts, and matters concerned and appeal their focal points to the public. Likewise, if ordinary people also try to look any matters with a different angle, they can beat stereotypes. For example, we are easily dragged by majority and group in making decision and judging something. Instead of following the group, if people pay attention to an individual person, thing, matter, different perspective will be established.  I think that we can ensure that we are exposed to real Indigenous voices by joining their social media and appreciating their arts.  If we meet Indigenous peoples in person and share their culture and current issues, it will be ideal interaction with them.

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change your mind
Continuing education on the adverse effects of stereotypes and prejudices can lead to very dangerous results.
For example, telling or teaching someone distorted information or overly biased ideas will probably cause the truth to change.
Art reveals the historical facts of a country. And it also shows the heartbreaking story of a country, the same picture but a distorted culture in a different way.
If we understand the meaning of it through false stereotypes and prejudices, we will not know its true meaning.
As such, in order to know the true meaning of art painting, we need more attention, education, and research on it, and it will be even more so when we understand the history of indigenous peoples through painting.

In order for us to have a deep understanding of Aboriginal culture, we
Attending history books, documentaries on the history of indigenous peoples, and seminars hosted by indigenous peoples to learn the true history of them as they speak is a good way to understand the art paintings of indigenous peoples.

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Title: Open your eyes and mind

The art which we saw on today's classes is totally different than made by Kent Monkman, these ones are fighting with the stereotypes which have settlers or tourists about the Native people.

In my opinion the art is the perfect tool to struggle with anything we want to show or we don't agree with, it's to attract attention as something painted is easier to analyze and understand than for example text. However nowadays people don't pay attention to the art like in the past, so now the artists need to use more powerful tool to reach the audience, which is Internet and social media, where can post their beautiful and striking art.

We, as ordinary individuals, can fight with the stereotypes by education and research. I think the best one is visit the persons about whom we have stereotype and talk with them to get them better. If we can't do it, we should check if in our city or near us is cultural centre where we can receive reliable information as not always on Internet we find the true one. Also, the cultural centres can help us to ensure that we're interacting with authentic Indigenous voices but if we have doubts, the good way is to contact with the colleges or universities which have Indigenous Faculty or department and are in touch with the First Nations.

We live in globalized world where we can confront our knowledge with the reality, and in most cases it will be stereotypes, that's why we need to be open to the world and people.