What does it mean to study and write on unceeded land? How do you carry the place where you were born, that you may have lost or have been forced to leave?

How do you carry the land that you visit or pass through? How does carrying the land change you, change us? (questions that  artists Ayumi Goto and Peter Morin asked audiences to consider when they visit the exhibition “how do you carry the land?” – Vancouver Art Gallery,

Readings

1. Morin, Peter. 2016. This is what happens when we perform the memory of the land. In Martin, K., Robinson, D., Garneau, D., eds., Arts of engagement: taking aesthetic action in and beyond the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 67-91. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
2. Tuck, Eve. “Suspending damage: A letter to communities.” Harvard Educational Review3 (2009): 409-428.
3. Simpson, Leanne. B. (2017). Land as pedagogy. In, As we have always done: indigenous freedom through radical resistance, pp. 145-174. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
4. Goto, Ayumi. (2018). 共同生活 (kyōdōseikatsu): In the shadows of witnessing. Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Read Chapter 6: Creating tactile shadows with Peter Morin: You, I, We. https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=od_______497::2cf8c5ce406baf308e3f66680b0fe32a 

Watch: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson – “How to Steal a Canoe”
Director: Amanda Strong; Lyrics & Music: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson