Massy Reads: On Interrogating the Colonial Frame
DATE: Nov 18, 2020 TIME: 7:00pm – 8:15pm LOCATION: Zoom Massy Reads: On Interrogating the Colonial Frame A Public Humanities Hub Conversation with UBC Authors Hannah Turner (School of Information) and David Gaertner (Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies) Speakers Dr. Hannah TurnerAssistant Professor, School of Information Hannah Turner is an information and museum studies scholar, […]
Rethinking the Road: Autoethnography, Memory and Transient Landscapes
DATE: Nov 6, 2020 TIME: 11:00am – 12:30pm LOCATION: Zoom Speaker Dr. Lynne Pearce, Professor, Lancaster University Department of English and Creative Writing Abstract AbstractIn 2000 I published a book chapter, ‘Driving North/Driving South’, which included a first-person description of one the many journeys I was then making between my parents’ home in Cornwall, my […]
Working in Public: Generosity and the Knowledge Commons
DATE: Nov 3, 2020 TIME: 12:00pm – 1:30pm LOCATION: Zoom Working in public, and with the public, can enable scholars to build vital, sustainable research communities, both within their fields, with other scholars in different fields, and with folks off-campus who care about the kinds of work that we do. By finding ways to connect […]