Please 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 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.
Series at a Glance
Spring 2022 | The Arctic / Amazon Knowledge Exchange Workshop virtual series is part of the upcoming publication, Arctic / Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity, where co-authors Dr. Gerald McMaster and Dr. Nina Vincent are joined in conversation by leading voices in global Indigenous art, performance, and scholarship, as they examine themes of Land Relations, Contact Zones, Traditional Knowledge, and Indigenous Ontologies.
Each Knowledge Exchange workshop features Indigenous activists and cultural leaders from the circumpolar arctic and amazon regions, including: Sámi scholar Harald Gaski, Alutiiq performer Tanya Lukin Linklater, activist Ailton Krenak of the Krenaki people in the Brazilian Amazon, and anthropologist João Paulo Barreto of the Tukano people in Brazil.
Register for the Event
Please Register for the event here! This event is free and open to the public.
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.
Wapatah Team
Natalja Chestopalova
Brittany Pitseolak Bergin
Pedro Portella
Michael Rattray
The Arctic/Amazon Knowledge Exchange Workshops are hosted with the generous support from a SSHRC Connections Grant, The Appleton Foundation, Nancy McCain and Bill Morneau, and Michael Audain, and in collaboration with the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery.