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Reading and Discussion with Turkish-German Writer Zafer Şenocak (Nov. 6 @ 2 PM)
Please join the CMS Narratives Group on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 @ 2 PM via Zoom for a Reading and Discussion with Turkish-German Writer Zafer Şenocak. Please register here in advance for this meeting. Ziegler Lecture: Zafer Şenocak, “Migration, Exile, Memory, Identity – A Reading and Discussion with Turkish-German Writer Zafer Şenocak” Abstract: Berlin-based writer Zafer Şenocak will read from his new […]
Fabiola del Rincón Fernández | “Re-phrasing the (migrant) self: the poetic work of Josefina Báez and Cecilia Vicuña” (Wednesday, October 9th @ 12 PM)
This presentation showcases an exploration-in-progress of the multimedial work by Dominicanyork artist and poet Josefina Báez, and Chilean poet and artist Cecilia Vicuña. Throughout their production, both artists synthesize and address key issues within Afro-Dominicanness, Mapuche identity, environmentalism or transnationalism. In particular, this work seeks to examine their respective theoretical approaches to performance and the […]
Indigenous Storywork Workshop Featured on CMS Website
Our Indigenous Storywork Workshop and its project to decolonize and Indigenize European and Migration Studies has been featured on the UBC Centre for Migration Studies Website! Please check it out!
Welcome to the Storyworking Blog
From August 29th to September 1st, twenty-five Indigenous and settler scholars came together to share perspectives on storytelling, engage in the praxis of storywork, and connect through our own stories. In a series of talking circles focused on different but connecting themes, we shared our experiences of the stories we’ve learned from, the stories that […]