20 research outputs found
Shani Mootoo : Photocopies and Videotapes
In this colour-xeroxed artist's book (which functions also as an exhibition catalogue), Gagnon examines the artist's interest in nature, representation, and the self, while discussing the video, photocopy, and fiction work of Mootoo. Biographical notes
Cosmopolitan Futures
Worlds at Home: On Cosmopolitan Futures is a public symposium bringing together scholars from across Canada, the US and Australia to consider the future of cosmopolitanism as a critical approach to scholarship and praxis. The program will feature an interview with Dr. Sneja Gunew (UBC) and a launch of her book, Post-multicultural Writers as Neo-cosmopolitan Mediators (Anthem Press), a keynote address by Dr. Pheng Cheah (UC Berkeley) and more.Non UBCUnreviewedGraduat
Worlds at Home : On Cosmopolitan Futures : “Reading Worlds at Home”
“Reading Worlds at Home”
Featuring readings by Shani Mootoo, Lydia Kwa, and Larissa Lai and a discussion of the film All Our Father’s Relations by Elder Larry Grant and Sarah Ling.
The event was part of “Worlds at Home: On Cosmopolitan Futures,” a public symposium bringing together scholars from across Canada, the US and Australia to consider the future of cosmopolitanism as a critical approach to scholarship and praxis. The symposium took place on UBC’s Vancouver campus from March 16-17, 2017 and featured an interview with Dr. Sneja Gunew (UBC) and a launch of her book, Post-multicultural Writers as Neo-cosmopolitan Mediators (Anthem Press) as well as a keynote address by Dr. Pheng Cheah (UC Berkeley) and more.
For more information about “Worlds at Home: On Cosmopolitan Futures,” visit: http://worldsathome.arts.ubc.ca/Arts, Faculty ofOther UBCNon UBCEnglish, Department ofUnreviewedGraduateOthe
Telling Relations : Sexuality and the Family
Lai views works by seven Canadian artists and women of colour as formed at the intersection of racial, gender, and sexual identity. Artists' statements
In My Country : An Anthology of Canadian Artists
Speaking from diverse cultural backgrounds, nine British Columbia women artists discuss notions of country and identity in relation to their work