Dr. Atfield will present a series of community-based workshops held at Six Nations that bring information held in museums and archives back into community practice to promote regeneration and cultural connections with past and future generations.
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Date: Thursday, December 12th, 2024 (PST)
Time: 10 a.m. to 11:30 am
About the Presenters:
Talena Atfield is an Assistant Professor in History at the University of Waterloo. She is of Kanien’kehá:ka of the Grand River and mixed settler backgrounds and grew up urban. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Tentewatenikonhra’khánion (We Will Put Our Minds Together) and is an associate professor (Yehyatonhserayente:ri) with Six Nations Polytechnic. Talena’s research is grounded in community-based knowledge sharing and creation. She works with tangible and intangible Indigenous knowledges held in museums, galleries, archives, and community centers, with a special focus on Hodinohso:ni material culture. Employing coming faces teachings to the study of Indigenous cultures held in collections, she critically examines the information shared with past researchers and works with community members, scholars, and knowledge keepers to find ways to reintegrate and reinvigorate this information into community practice.
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