TOL, NEW̱ SEN TŦE SOȽ: I Know the Road, Challenging White Supremacy and Anti-Indigenous Racism

Name: TOL, NEW̱ SEN TŦE SOȽ: I Know the Road, Challenging White Supremacy and Anti-Indigenous Racism
Start: 2024-10-30T18:00:00-07:00
Location: 23 East Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, British Columbia V6A 1S9

Schedule

Wed Oct 30 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

23 East Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, British Columbia V6A 1S9 | Vancouver, BC

Join Massy Arts and Jack Horne Wednesday, October 30th from 6-8 pm for an insightful book talk featuring his groundbreaking book, TOL, NEW̱ SEN TŦE SOȽ: I Know the Road. In this engaging session, Horne will share a variety of research, letters, and even fragments from his plays, to confront white supremacy and anti-Indigenous racism in academia. The event will conclude with an interactive Q&A, offering a unique opportunity to delve deeper into the theme of his book and ask questions directly of the author.
Venue & Accessibility:
The event will be hosted at the Massy Arts Gallery, at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown, Vancouver. We are located in the former MING WO building.
Registration is free or by donation and required for entry.
The gallery is wheelchair accessible and a gender-neutral washroom is on-site.
Please refrain from wearing scents or heavy perfumes.
For more on accessibility including parking, seating, venue measurements and floor plan, and how to request ASL interpretation please visit: massyarts.com/accessibility
Covid Protocols: Masks keep our community safe and are mandatory (N95 masks are recommended as they offer the best protection). We ask if you are showing symptoms, that you stay home. Thank you kindly.
About the Author:
Jack Horne is from the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation, located at the southern end of Vancouver Island. Straight out of high school he began what would become a 25 year career in the performing arts. Jack lived and worked across Canada, parts of the United States and was fortunate to travel the world. When he retired from performing at 42 years of age, Jack returned to post-secondary education. He completed a BA from the University of Victoria, and an MA from York University. He is the author of the play Indigenous Like Me, and he holds a doctorate from the Indigenous Studies PhD program at Trent University.
About the Book: TOL, NEW̱ SEN TŦE SOȽ: I Know the Road, Challenging White Supremacy and Anti-Indigenous Racism in Academia
Book can be purchased at the event or through @MassyBooks here:
https://storestock.massybooks.com/item/AGnWCzEdtw_Y9LeXhiKSkw
Written through beautiful storytelling practices with this goal in mind, TOL, NEW̱ SEN TŦE SOȽ: I Know the Road, is thus part-history, part- contemporary critique. Horne weaves personal and academic research, letters, and even fragments from his plays, to create a compelling challenge to outmoded academic structure, one that embraces and tools historically suppressed W̱SÁNEĆ ways of knowing. Not only does Horne's writing confront white supremacy and anti- Indigenous racism in academia, it offers material alternatives to status quo, white-centric pedagogy. With its focus on W̱SÁNEĆ history and knowledge practices, this book offers a praxis of Indigenous knowledge and performance study theory that manifests in a unique and deeply valuable pedagogic project.