On Decolonising and Indigenising Scottish Gàidhlig Studies: A Rejoinder to Armstrong et al.

IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Scottish Affairs Pub Date : 2022-02-01 DOI:10.3366/scot.2022.0401

Iain Mackinnon

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Abstract

In their response to my Scottish Affairs article ‘Recovering and Reconstituting Gàidheal Ethnicity’, Armstrong et al. present misleading and misinformed beliefs about my views on identity and indigeneity. In doing so they distort and divert from my article’s focus. Armstrong et al.’s own views on identity and indigeneity not only contain problematic claims relating to ancestry and race, but also disclose superficial essentialist thinking. Indigeneity is not decided by abstract theorising or legal fiat, as Armstrong et al. propose. Instead, the contemporary emergence of indigeneity in the Gàidhealtachd is happening in community settings among many self-identifying and community recognised or affirmed Gàidheil, and with support from those working in allyship. It is developing, and apparently intensifying, in relation to real-world experiences, concerns and aspirations. This development has global resonance and offers the best hope for the resurgence of Gàidheil as a historically, culturally and place-grounded people, including language revitalisation.

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关于苏格兰Gàidhlig研究的非殖民化和本土化：对Armstrong等人的反驳。

在他们对我的苏格兰事务文章“恢复和重建Gàidheal种族”的回应中，阿姆斯特朗等人对我对身份和土著的看法提出了误导和错误的看法。这样做，他们歪曲并转移了我文章的重点。阿姆斯壮等人关于身份和土著的观点不仅包含了与祖先和种族有关的有问题的主张，而且揭示了肤浅的本质主义思想。正如阿姆斯特朗等人提出的那样，土著性不是由抽象的理论或法律命令决定的。相反，在Gàidhealtachd中，当代土著的出现发生在社区环境中，在许多自我认同和社区认可或肯定的Gàidheil中，并得到那些在联盟中工作的人的支持。与现实世界的经验、关切和愿望有关，它正在发展，而且显然正在加强。这一发展在全球引起了共鸣，并为Gàidheil作为一个历史、文化和地域基础的民族的复兴提供了最好的希望，包括语言的复兴。

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Scottish Affairs POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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