February 24th , 2022
Hosted by Animated Ecologies and Contingencies, a Journal of Global Pedagogy at NYU, the colloquium is a full-day event celebrating the work of individuals and organizations around the world whose indigenous creative expression is revising our understandings of the past and helping us craft dynamic and sustainable visions for our collective future.
The presentations will include observations by the Brazilian indigenous philosopher Ailton Krenak of Outra Margem; performance works shared by Anton Bouchard of Indigenous Performance Productions in Olympia, Washington; the online resources facilitated by Andreia Duarte at TEPI in Sao Paolo, Brazil; a poetry reading by Rena Priest of the Lummi Nation; indigenous television part of the Sistema Plurinacional of Indigenous Comunication created by the CEFREC collective and Ivan Sanjines in Bolivia; Yakut mural projects by Kydana Ignateva, a musical performance by Ayepbergen Otgenov from Uzbekistan and Robert Willard from The World Aral region Charity; graphic literature created by Sabine Siekmann and Catherine Moses from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks; approaches to indigenous education undertaken by anthropologist , Maureen Porter, Associate Director of the IISE at the University of Pittsburgh, and video game development by Jin Jin Wu and Loretta Fernandez, also from Pitt, who are creating t games to address language extinction.