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Tuesday March 5 | 1:30 – 3 pm
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Thursday, February 15 at 7 pm + Friday, February 16 at 4:30 pm
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Book Launch—Knowledge Within: Treasures of the Northwest Coast
Tuesday June 28, 2022 | 1 – 2 pm
Join MOA and Figure 1 Publishing for a virtual book launch.
Knowledge Within: Treasures of the Northwest Coast—edited by Caitlin Gordon-Walker and curated by Pam Brown, Jisgang Nika Collison, Anthony Alan Shelton and Jodi Simkin—looks into 17 of the numerous sites in the Pacific Northwest region with major collections of Northwest Coast Indigenous material culture, bringing attention to a wide range of approaches to caring for and exhibiting such treasures. Each chapter is written by one or more people who work or worked in the organization they write about. Each author takes a different approach to the invitation to reflect upon their institution: some narrate a history of the institution, some focus on particular pieces in the collection, and some consider the significance of the work currently being done for the present and future.
The book launch will feature editor Caitlin Gordon-Walker in conversation with the volume’s curators and other contributors, sharing an overview of the book as well as their reflections on the project.
Online via Zoom; Free, registration required.
Copies of the book are available for purchase in person or online from the MOA Shop.
Speakers
Caitlin Gordon-Walker is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work explores the politics of museums and other forms of public cultural representation in relation to nationalism, colonialism and difference, with a focus on the representation of difficult and contested histories.
Jisgang Nika Collison belongs to the Ḵaay’ahl Laanas of the Haida Nation. She is Executive Director and Curator of the Haida Gwaii Museum at Ḵay Llnagaay and has worked in the field of Haida language arts and culture for over two decades. Deeply committed to reconciliation, she is a senior repatriation negotiator for her Nation, pursuing reparation and relationships with mainstream museums on a global scale.
Jodi Simkin began her work in the culture and heritage sector more than thirty years ago through an undergraduate co-op placement at the Secwepemc Museum and Heritage Park located on the Kamloops Indian Reserve in central BC. Since then, she has devoted her professional life to issues of social justice as both an archeologist and museum professional.
Anthony Alan Shelton is Professor of Art History, Visual Arts and Theory and former Director of the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia. His numerous publications include Museums and Changing Perspectives of Culture (1995), Fetishism: Visualizing Power and Desire (1995), Collectors (two volumes, 2001), and Heaven, Hell and Somewhere in Between: Portuguese Popular Art (2015). He has curated fourteen exhibitions in Canada, Europe and the UK.
Online via Zoom • Free, registration required Program