Week 27
I read about this exhibit a while ago in the U of T bulletin but I was confused because I knew there was no gallery in the Jackman Humanities Building. It was also only open during office hours, so for the longest time I didn't have a chance to pop in. Turns out the department used the opportunity to create an exhibit in the lounge which was really neat. It was super tiny, but we took the time to explore a bit - no one was really around, nor did anyone seem to care that we were just chillin in their space. It was nice!
Date: October 13, 2017
Event/Activity: Morning Star
Capacity: Student
Found: U of T Bulletin
Host: Jackman Humanities Institute
Link: https://www.humanities.utoronto.ca/event_details/id=3172
Description: Waabanang is Ojibwe for Morning Star or the planet Venus and has been a beacon of light, serving as a navigational entity for Indigenous Peoples of this land for millennia. In response to the 2017-18 annual theme of the Jackman Humanities Institute, Morning Star ascends to shine light on presence, visibility and collective Indigenous agency to renounce naïve impressions of (re)conciliation that continue to be discussed throughout much of the settler culture across Turtle Island. By opening personal, psychic and linguistic pathways that simultaneously guide to one and lead away from another, Indigenous kinship and survivance come into sharp focus.
Anamnesis propels Morning Star forward as the reminiscent past collides with the future past. While the research of the JHI queries apology as a labored apparatus addressing indelible violence and the effects of conciliation alongside acknowledged colonial shame, may the individuals represented in this exhibition and the creators who manifest their likenesses guide both the thought and action of this immediate community and beyond. Informed by the full herstory of this land and Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, we must walk alongside one another with respect to succeed.
Morning Star rises.
Experience:
What I learned:
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Date: October 13, 2017
Event/Activity: Morning Star
Capacity: Student
Found: U of T Bulletin
Host: Jackman Humanities Institute
Link: https://www.humanities.utoronto.ca/event_details/id=3172
Description: Waabanang is Ojibwe for Morning Star or the planet Venus and has been a beacon of light, serving as a navigational entity for Indigenous Peoples of this land for millennia. In response to the 2017-18 annual theme of the Jackman Humanities Institute, Morning Star ascends to shine light on presence, visibility and collective Indigenous agency to renounce naïve impressions of (re)conciliation that continue to be discussed throughout much of the settler culture across Turtle Island. By opening personal, psychic and linguistic pathways that simultaneously guide to one and lead away from another, Indigenous kinship and survivance come into sharp focus.
Anamnesis propels Morning Star forward as the reminiscent past collides with the future past. While the research of the JHI queries apology as a labored apparatus addressing indelible violence and the effects of conciliation alongside acknowledged colonial shame, may the individuals represented in this exhibition and the creators who manifest their likenesses guide both the thought and action of this immediate community and beyond. Informed by the full herstory of this land and Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, we must walk alongside one another with respect to succeed.
Morning Star rises.
Experience:
- My friend and I popped into the exhibit after our walking tour
- The "exhibit" was less of an actual exhibit and more like photos hung up in the lounge area (but it was still nice)
- Took place in the lounge for phd students at the Jackman building, surrounded by couches and the kitchen
- Photos hung up on the wall showing a juxtaposition between indigenous tradition and the modern day world
What I learned:
- It's actually really nice to add these types of things in low key spaces; it makes a difference and changes the feel of the area
- Really interesting to see the contrast between traditional and present day imagery, and think about what that symbolizes
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