A2—Tutor feedback

I had a good tutorial session yesterday as a follow-up to my submission of A2. My tutor thought that the images I presented met the brief and commented that “the pictures do the job; they’re lovely.” He also mentioned that the “images look critical and you’ve probably done as much as you could do in

The representation of the self—initial notes

I’m looking forward to moving into this section of the course. My work for Context and Narrative encouraged me to look at the self-portrait differently and I began to see the potential in working with a model who was always close at hand and generally willing (me). In that light, I think that there is

A2—Submission to tutor

Territorial Acknowledgement We acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. The Algonquin peoples have lived on this land since time immemorial. We are grateful to have the opportunity to be present in this territory. Images appearing in the video:

A2—Background and research

While working through the approach and implications for this assignment, I organized my thinking around four broad themes: 1. Representation of “the Other” Representing “the Other” is always a challenge because of the potential for getting it wrong. Even though we might live in the same space, we are not truly living in the same

A2—Layout for peer feedback

Territorial acknowledgement We acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. The Algonquin peoples have lived on this land since time immemorial. We are grateful to have the opportunity to be present in this territory. 6. A triptych of Indigenous representations in Ottawa. Left to

A2—Contact sheets

A2—Development

The frequent changes in COVID-related public health restrictions have made it difficult to get access to some of the sites I was planning to shoot for A2. I live in Canada’s National Capital Region which, although it largely functions like a single metropolitan centre, comprises two different cities (Ottawa and Gatineau) that lie in two

Exercise 2—Kept from view

A list, in no particular order: Immigrants, particularly non-white/non-European Refugees Indigenous people The poor People with moderate political opinions (media likes extremes) People of faith, unless they are promoting something benign or (approvingly) holding non-controversial opinions or are (disapprovingly) culturally inappropriate and therefore a good spectacle People who are LGBTQ2, unless they are entertaining and/or

Panel discussion—Renaming and Removal

“Renaming and Removal: Public Memory in Public Spaces”, a panel discussion hosted by the Centre for Race and Culture, Edmonton, Alberta. Moderator: Senator Paula Simons Panelists: Dan Rose, Deborah Dobbins, Rob Houle, Shannon Stunden Bower The following notes are a representation of the discussion but no comments are attributed to a particular participant because they