Biennial
ORIGINS Festival of First Nations arts 2019
11 Jun 2019 – 23 Jun 2019
London wide
London, United Kingdom
Talk
Museums and Indigenous People
15 Jun 2019
Event times
1pm
Cost of entry
£3 - £5
Address
- 35-47 Bethnal Green Road
- London
- E1 6LA
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: 8, 388, 26, 35, 47, 48, 67, 78, 135, 149, 242 and 243
- Tube: Liverpool Street, Old Street, Bethnal Green, Aldgate East
Event map
An afternoon of talks around Indigenous cultures.
About
1.45pm – Hugh Brody – Tracks Across the Sand
The legendary writer, director and anthropologist Hugh Brody screens and discusses a series of short films about the ‡Khomani San of the Southern Kalahari as they develop and then cope with their 1999 land claim.
3pm – Museums and Indigenous People
Maree Clarke and Nadia Myre discuss the complex relationships between Indigenous people and Museums, with London curators and Indigenous Associate Stephanie Pratt. The talk begins with a screening of Ojibway filmmaker Adam Khalil’s The Violence of a Civilization without Secrets.
4pm – The Eccles Centre Talk – Transatlantic Connections Madeline Sayet, Nadia Myreand Johanna Nutter discuss their work with Dr Philip Hatfield, Head of the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library.
5pm – Beyond the Spectacle Prof.
David Stirrup and Prof. Jacqueline Fear-Segal, with their colleagues from the BEYOND THE SPECTACLE research project, discuss the interactions between the Indigenous cultures of North America and the UK.
