R249B. North of the 49th: Roles, Responsibilities, and Relations in Creative Writing

Cody D. Todd Memorial Stage, Sponsored by USC, Exhibit Hall, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Thursday, March 28, 2019
1:30 pm to 2:45 pm

 

What happens when our institutions crack open to reveal the damage that lies beneath the facade? On many social and political fronts North of the 49th, writers, students, and academics are taking a hard look at the legacy of colonization and the systemic ways it undermines the full humanity of all writers. In this panel and reading, creative writing students and members of the Board of Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs will share our experiences advocating for change in our institutions and individual practices, and learning from the cultural shifts around us. Collectively, we’ll take on questions of disability/accessibility, Indigenization, race, gender, sexuality, and the ways our relationships with each other are altered when we acknowledge the generations-long influences of colonization and capitalism and their patriarchal origin stories.


Participants

Moderator:

Jill Yonit Goldberg

Dorothy Palmer

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