On January 11th, join the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) and Public Humanities Hub (PHH) for a compelling reading of excerpts from the memoirs, Landbridge by Y-Dang Troeung and Carmen Aguirre‘s Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter. Both Y-Dang and Carmen’s works resist traditional forms of the refugee memoir and examine the problematic image of the “grateful” refugee’s arrival in Canada.
Carmen will be in attendance and Y-Dang’s work will be read by her husband and collaborator, Chris B. Patterson (aka Kawika Guillermo). The readings will be followed by a conversation with Dr. Amanda Cheong from UBC’s Sociology department.
The authors’ books will be on sale at the event.
This programming is part of MOV’s and PHH’s engagement with Pier21’s travelling exhibition Refuge Canada—on view at the MOV until February 2nd, 2024.
Date: Thursday, January 11, 2024
Time: 6:30 – 8:30pm
Schedule:
- Doors Open – 6:00pm
- Event and readings begin – 6:30pm
- Moderated panel + audience Q&A – 7:00pm
- Book sales and signing – 8:00pm
- Event ends – 8:30pm
Tickets: Suggested donation $5 – $20 (Plus fees and taxes)
Tickets include free admission to the Museum.
About the Series:
ResiStories is a collaboration between the Museum of Vancouver and the UBC Vancouver Public Humanities Hub. This series of programming aims to bring scholars of intersectional equity-seeking work and identities together in mutual learning and solidarity with communities in the public space of the city’s oldest (and initially Eurocentric) cultural institution to resist colonial narratives. Each program features ongoing histories and acts of resistance in conversation with the Museum’s exhibitions.