Arctic / Amazon: Knowledge Exchange Workshop on Land Relations

Wednesday, March 16th at 1:00PM (EST)

Registration is now open

Join Wapatah Centre for a very special Knowledge Exchange Workshop on Land Relations as part of the Arctic / Amazon project and in support of the upcoming publication – Arctic/Amazon Networks of Global Indigeneity. Co-authors Dr. Gerald McMaster and Dr. Nina Vincent will be joined in conversation by contributing author Harald Gaski to discuss the profound changes that have occurred in Indigenous Art studies and Arctic/Amazonian Art economies over the last fifty years. The workshop will also touch upon Traditional Knowledge Keeping through Language and the role of the Land in Gaski’s work and writing.

This virtual event series is hosted with the generous support from SSHRC Connections Grant, The Appleton Foundation, Nancy McCain and Bill Morneau, and Michael Audain, and in collaboration with the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery as part of Wapatah’s Global Indigeneity Initiative and the Arctic/Amazon project that will culminate in several milestones: a major publication titled Arctic / Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity, an online educational resource hosted by Wapatah centre, and a Fall 2022 Arctic / Amazon Exhibition in partnership with the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery and Ryerson Image Centre.

Register here: https://ocadu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OlB92bIqR5ivvb_Uz0YBOw

About the Speakers

Gerald McMaster, O.C., is a curator, artist, and author, and is currently professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair of Indigenous Visual Culture and Curatorial Practice at OCAD University where he leads a team of researchers at the Wapatah: Centre for Indigenous Visual Knowledge.

Nina Vincent is a Brazilian anthropologist, researcher, professor, independent curator and currently works at the National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN), where she works close to communities to preserve intangible heritage and Brazilian popular/traditional culture.

Harald Gaski was born and grew up on the river Deatnu in Sápmi, on the 70th latitude in the northernmost county in Norway. Gaski is an author, editor, and a professor in Sámi literature at Sámi allaskuvla (Sámi University of Applied Sciences) in Guovdageaidnu, Norway, and a professor in Sámi culture and literature at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway.

Learn more about the Arctic / Amazon project and educational resource.

Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity is supported at Wapatah by:

Dr. Gerald McMaster

Dr. Nina Vincent

Natalja Chestopalova

Brittany Pitseolak Bergin

Dr. Michael Rattray

Pedro Portella

The Arctic/Amazon Knowledge Exchange Workshops are hosted with the generous support from SSHRC Connections Grant, The Appleton Foundation, Nancy McCain and Bill Morneau,

and Michael Audain, and in collaboration with the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery.

     | Michael Audain |  | Nancy McCain and Bill Morneau |