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Place(re)naming contributes directly to the settler colonial process of Indigenous erasure and displacement. It is part of the politics of forgetting and un-remembering. Renaming is,
Event Details
Place(re)naming contributes directly to the settler colonial process of Indigenous erasure and displacement. It is part of the politics of forgetting and un-remembering. Renaming is, therefore, a means by which settlers contribute to the elimination of the intangible (largely oral) evidence of Indigenous presence. In this way settler renaming transforms the Indigenous ‘unknown’ into the settler ‘known’ and so creates something ‘new’ that can be understood, regulated, and controlled. In this presentation Prof. Carlson looks at some of the ways that re-settler naming has occurred and reviews some of the risks and opportunities associated with re-indigenizing and decolonizing the names of BC.
The Peace and Reconciliation Center (PARC) at UFV and The Reach have partnered on this talk to build on the community learning goals of the Stetís ímexstowx: Walk Besides Us gathering.
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Time
(Thursday) 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm(GMT-08:00)