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Malorine Mathurin

M.mathurin@uea.ac.uk

Research Student

Education

2010. M.A in Arts of Africa, Oceania and Americas at the Sainsbury Research Unit, University of East Anglia. (Norwich, UK)

2007  BFA – Double Major: Fine Art / Psychology – Brooklyn College – City University of New York CUNY

Research Interests

Native American studies of the Northeast region (Algonquian region: Pequot, Montauk, Shinnecock, Narragansett, Massachuset)

Colonial American history

North American ritual festivals and religious performance

Oral history and ethnographic folklore

Mixed Race studies: African - Native and Caucasian - Native

Social memory within native media and literature (i.e. William Apess and Samson Occom)

PhD Thesis

My doctoral research project will focus on the Native American people of the Northeast region of North America.  It will be an ethnographic and historical look at the Algonquian people from the past to present.  By addressing who they are, their histories as well as moving into constructed social boundaries such as: race (especially mixed-race families), tribal identification and gender, I hope to create a discourse of identity that has not been looked at in depth.  In addition to the social aspects of the community and family I am also interested in oral history, the maintenance of folklore and story telling, which will play a large role in my research.

I am also interested in attending and documenting ritual performances such as the pow-wow.  These performances combine ritual, performance, religious dances and costume within the framework of inner and outer tribal constructs.  These events essentially unite people from all walks of life - from the reservation, off of the reservation, non-Natives and other local tribes, together to celebrate time-honoured traditions and rituals. With my research, I hope to create a bridge of understanding of present day Algonquian peoples. 

Map of Algonquian peoples of the Northeast. Photo courtesy of Strong, John - “The Montaukett Indians of Eastern Long Island (Iroquois and their neighbours).

 
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