Different Versions of “There There”
Gertrude Stein, Everybody’s Autobiography, 1937
“...what was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there.”
1. What does each artist mean by “there there”?
2. What does Dene think of each (look at pg 29 & 39)?
3. Why does Orange name his book There There?
Excerpt from Mishuana Goeman, “From Place to Territories and Back Again: Centering Storied land in the discussion of Indigenous Nation-building”
Land is a word with much currency often utilized by Native American, First Nations, Pacific Islanders, and Aboriginal scholars to invoke responsibility, rights, sovereignty, and belonging…. I begin with land as place because that is at the heart of Indigenous identity, longing, and belonging. Indigenous peoples make place by relating both personal and communal experiences and histories to certain locations and landscapes - maintaining these spatial relationships is one of the most important components of identity.
What does place (as opposed to space) mean:
1. In this excerpt?
2. In There There by Tommy Orange?
3. In your life?