3rd Annual Symposium on the Future Imaginary
Date: November 28th, November 30th – December 2nd 2017
Location: Winnipeg Art Gallery
In the 3rd Annual Symposium on the Future Imaginary, community members, artists, activists, academics, and technologists shared how they think the challenges of the present can be addressed, in part, through concrete, constructive, and critical dreams of the future. The Symposium attended to playful and serious, the fantastical and the pragmatic, the traditional and the contemporary. The future is all these things, and the future is Indigenous.
Winnipeg Art Gallery information and registration.
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- Symposium Program
- Schedule with Speakers’ Bios: .pdf • Google Doc
- Symposium Poster: web • print
Live stream Links
November 28, 2017
19h00-21h00
SCREENING of TimeTraveller™
PANEL on Indigenous Virtual Spaces
Panelists: Skawennati, Scott Benesiinaabandan, Jason Edward Lewis and Dr. Julie Nagam.
November 30, 2017
WELCOME + KEYNOTE
Speakers: Elder Mary Courchene, Jason Edward Lewis, Dr. Julie Nagam and Dr. Duke, Redbird.
PANEL: Dreaming of Our Future Seven Generations Ahead
Panelists: Niki Little, Candice Hopkins, Owisokon Lahache, Mandee McDonald and Wanda Nanibush.
PANEL: InDigiNous Aotearoa: Virtual Histories, Augmented Futures
Panelists: Rachael Rakena, Johnson Witehira, Kereama Taepa, Daina Warren and Reuben Friend.
PANEL: Games and Graphics as Resurgence and Presence
Panelists: France Trepanier, Dr. Rilla Khaled, Keith Munro, Sebastien Aubin, Lenard Monkman and Kevin Settee.
December 1, 2017
WELCOME, OPENING REMARKS + PANEL: IndigeFem and The Future
Speakers: Elder Mary Courchene, Dr. Julie Nagam and Dr. Stephen Borys.
Panelists: Dr. Carla Taunton, Megan Tamati-Quennell, Joi Arcand, Tasha Spillett, Jarita Greyeyes and Jaimie Isaac.
PANEL: Land-based Knowledge and Creative Interventions
Panelists: Dr. Serena Keshavjee, Heather Campbell, Karl Chitham, Michelle LaVallee and KC Adams.
PANEL: Arctic Futurisms
Panelists: Dr. Stephen Borys, Dr. HEather Igloliorte, Asinnajaq (Isabelle Weetaluktuk), Siku Allooloo and Joar Nango.
PANEL: Technology as Decolonial Tools
Panelists: Dr. Julie Nagam, Jason Edward Lewis, Scott Benesiinaabandan, Kauwila Mahi, Dr. Noelani Arista and Dr. Jolene Rickard.
December 2, 2017
Indigenous-developed Videogame and Virtual Reality Arcade