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Aluna’s 2014-15 Season: Outspoken, Classic, Intimate – Toronto
September 18, 2014
After eleven years of production, we finally have a season, with four full shows and many other events to share with you. …
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Sebastian Marziali: Artist-Pilgrim, in Peru
September 3, 2014
from Grupo Yuyachkani’s 6th Laboratorio – Along with 27 other artists from across the Americas I was welcomed into the house of Yuyachkani to share in a truly unique experience. …
The Work of Testimony: Beyond Borders, Across Generations
May 21, 2014
by Helene Vosters What does it mean to think of redress as rehearsal, as something in need of repetition, review, and refinement? …
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We Are Treaty People – a conference report by Sasha Kovacs
April 30, 2014
On March 1 2014 I chaired a panel as part of the Panamerican Routes Festival Conversatorio series about treaty number nine. This panel was titled “Restaging Treaty: Embodied Memories, Written …
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Sowing Social Justice – by Shelley Liebembuk
April 27, 2014
Sowing Social Justice: Fighting GM-Corn with Creative Activism By Shelley Liebembuk The inspiring conversatorio panel discussion on “Maiz(e) in the Americas: tradition, big agriculture, and resistance” brought together impassioned activists, …
Yuyachkani, Antigona, and memory in Peru – by Brian Batchelor
February 18, 2014
no podemos encontrar reconciliacion si no conocemos la verdad. (Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación) A present without memory condemns us to a poor future. To believe that today owes …
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Introducing Diana Taylor
January 17, 2014
On Friday February 28, our conference opens with a keynote address from Diana Taylor. Is it enough for us to tell you that her work and her writing have been …
Sin Maíz No Hay Vida (Without Corn There Is No Life) – a report from Chiapas by Brian Batchelor
November 7, 2013
On August 14, 2013, a press release from Monsantoglobal.com announced to media outlets across the world that Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture (SAGARPA) had approved permits for the company to plant more than a quarter-of-a-million …
In the Workshop: What I learned from a decade of fear
October 16, 2013
When you make art about the times you’re living in there is an urgency to speak as things comes up. In that spirit, here are a few notes on the …
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In case you missed the cabaret
July 4, 2013
We have a few stills back from Brian Damude, our official unofficial photographer of our fabulous Cabaret of May 30, 2013: …
Carlos Gonzalez-Vio on translation and the study of languages
April 15, 2013
The question as to why I enjoy the study of languages can be answered in a few different ways. I was born in Toronto to spanish-speaking parents, who had only …
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We are “beginners with experience” – reporting from Brazil
January 17, 2013
Highlights from the Hemispheric Institute’s ‘Encuentro’, a report from São Paulo, Brazil: …
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