Mapping Swiya
May 18 + 19, 2024
Capilano University Campus
Mapping Swiya is a gathering that considers the role of stories in shaping our understanding of Sechelt through Indigenous ways of knowing. Mapping Swiya troubles colonial devices of maps and timelines, and considers ways to disrupt and transform mapping as a critical tool for decolonial futures. Working with artistic practice as a space for transformation, Mapping Swiya brings together artists, curators and knowledge-holders to share consider strategies for shifting understandings and reimagining relationships to the lands, air and waters that we call home.
Saturday May 18 – Day 1
10:00AM: Welcome
Sadira Rodrigues
10:30AM: Mapping Tems Swiya
Robert Joe and Jessica Silvey
11:15AM: Stories the Land Tells Us/ The Art of Indigenous Mapping
Mimi Gellman
12:30PM: Lunch provided
1:30PM: Artists, Mapping and Decolonial Possibilities
Melanie O’Brian and Hank Bull
2:45PM: Break
3:00PM: Mapping Swiya: A Timeline and Mapping Project
Laura Kozak
Sunday May 19 – Day 2
11:00AM: Klaath Site Visit, Porpoise Bay Provincial Park
Jessica Silvey