Freedom sings : land/bodies/resurgence

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Simpson_Leanne_Betasamosake_Lansdowne_2017.mp4 (447.89 MB)

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2017-05-12

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Simpson, Leanne

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This talk will explore Indigenous resurgence and nationhood through story, song and video. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson will discuss resurgence as an ongoing ntervention into the colonial project by sharing works from her recent album f(l)ight (RPM Records), her new book of short stories This Accident of Being Lost (House of Anansi) and her forthcoming academic work on the The Radical Resurgence Project (UMP Press). https://www.leannesimpson.ca

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Songs, English, Short stories.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1828/8106

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Lansdowne Lectures
 
University of Victoria Libraries

We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.