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Hello class! My name is Emilia. I live and work here in Vancouver. I actually graduated from UBC in 2009 with a major in Theatre and a minor in English Literature. I\u2019m taking three classes this semester to meet the updated requirements for the Bachelor of Education program at UBC. One of the other classes I am enrolled in is English 373, \u201cIndigenous Poetics in North America\u201d, and I\u2019m curious if anyone else is taking or has taken that class as well? I\u2019m finding that these two classes are symbiotic in their focus and I am hopeful that I can continue to use each class to inform the other. While taking these additional classes are stressful, I am grateful UBC is including Indigenous materials as requirements considering it is located on unceded Musqueam territory. After being off campus for nearly a decade I\u2019m pleased to see a change in Musqueam and indigenous representation on campus and in curriculum, however I do feel there is a significant distance to go in terms of further representation and understanding Musqueam history.<\/p>\n
My mother\u2019s side of the Family is French Canadian settlers, and my father\u2019s side is Italian immigrants. It is my hope that through this class I can explore my own identity as a settler\/immigrant living and thriving in Canada and how to consolidate that existence with reconciliation, decolonization, and the indigenous experience. This class aims to focus on the element of story telling<\/a>, a central component to both education and cultural preservation within indigenous communities. I recommend this short video<\/a> to learn about a piece of Musqueam history as told in h\u0259n\u0313q\u0313\u0259min\u0313\u0259m\u0313 with subtitles. The iconic image I chose to to include on my blog is of anti-fracking protester Amanda Polchies from 2013. This image was prolific globally as a symbol of strength. As Amanda Polchies says of the image, “Holding that feather was kind of like a middle finger, really,” (Muzyka, 2019). To me this image is the embodiment of resistance and resilience of First Nations. First Nations groups continue to be on the front lines of the global warming crisis protests and lead the rest of us by example.<\/p>\n To be honest I\u2019m feeling nervous and overwhelmed by the element of technology in this class. I\u2019ve never created a blog before, or even used power point. I\u2019m hoping to not struggle too intensely with adapting to new media, but if anyone has any tips I warmly welcome them!<\/p>\n Works Cited:<\/p>\n \u201cOral Traditions.\u201d\u00a0Indigenousfoundations<\/i>, 2009, https:\/\/indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca\/oral_traditions\/.<\/p>\n Museum of Anthropology. \u201cThe Origin of the Name Musqueam.\u201d\u00a0YouTube<\/i>, YouTube, 20 Sept. 2018, www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fyu85CqwYZw&feature=youtu.be.<\/p>\n \u201cWoman in Iconic Anti-Fracking Photo Calls It a ‘Middle Finger’ to the Industry | CBC Radio.\u201d\u00a0CBCnews<\/i>, CBC\/Radio Canada, 11 Jan. 2019, https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/unreserved\/iconic-indigenous-imagery-how-photos-shape-movements-and-connect-us-to-history-1.4963770\/woman-in-iconic-anti-fracking-photo-calls-it-a-middle-finger-to-the-industry-1.4971738.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello class! My name is Emilia. I live and work here in Vancouver. I actually graduated from UBC in 2009 with a major in Theatre and a minor in English Literature. I\u2019m taking three classes this semester to meet the updated requirements for the Bachelor of Education program at UBC. One of the other classes I am enrolled in is English 373, \u201cIndigenous Poetics in North America\u201d, and I\u2019m curious if anyone else is taking or has taken that class as well? I\u2019m finding that these two classes are symbiotic…read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69952,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-link","et-no-image","et-bg-layout-dark","et-white-bg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/emiliabrandoli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/emiliabrandoli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/emiliabrandoli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/emiliabrandoli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69952"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/emiliabrandoli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/emiliabrandoli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/emiliabrandoli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/emiliabrandoli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/emiliabrandoli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/emiliabrandoli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}