Talk: Damara Jacobs-Petersen and Modeste “Monday” Zankpe | Black and Indigenous

What does it mean to be at the intersection of Blackness and Indigeneity in Canada? To simultaneously traverse the interiors of often tangible connections to one’s ancestral lands and the corners of diasporic placements?  

In this talk, Damara Jacobs-Petersen, Curator of Indigenous Engagement at the Museum of Anthropology, and Modeste “Monday” Zankpe, a performer and cultural advocate, will examine how their identities create space for new ways of being, knowing and imagining.

Jacobs-Petersen will discuss her Squamish, Snuneymuxw and African American heritage as a throughway in arts education, cultural work and transformative learning, exploring how the tensions and harmonies of multiple identities inform her relationship to community, knowledge-keeping and creative expression.

Zankpe, who is of Secwépemc (Esk’etemc) and Ewe (Togo) heritage, will join Jacobs-Petersen to deepen the conversation about their mixed heritage and monikers, such as Afro-Indigenous, Black-Indigenous and Indigenous-Black, that attempt to distill a complex and multifaceted experience

This talk is FREE for Experience Members and above and ticketed at the reduced price of $5 for Ideas Members. Indigenous Peoples are also invited to attend for free. Tickets are $10 for Access Pass Holders and the general public

Please note that tickets for this talk do not include Gallery admission. Seating is first come, first served. 

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If cost is a barrier to you or if you have any access requests for this event, please reach out in advance to learn@vanartgallery.bc.ca or call 604 662 4700. 

This event is being presented as part of the Gallery’s Indigenous History Month programming.