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About The Workshop:
The event attendees are invited to reflect on what was shared during the circle of conversations through embodied creative activities. The workshop will focus on these questions: How do we take responsibility for what we heard from the knowledge holders? What are our stories in the climate crisis conversation? How do we move forward to take action on the climate crisis?
Facilitators: Rosemary Georgeson and Lara Aysal
Participants:
Participants are encouraged to attend one of the conversations either in person, or through our livestream (https://www.theonlyanimal.com/2022/09/12/etuaptmumk-two-eyed-seeing-ways-of-being-and-seeing/). The workshop is open to all public. No previous knowledge on the topic is necessary.
Number of Participants:
30 max.
Duration: 2 hrs.
Tickets: Free
* There will be a short break during the workshop, and participants are welcome to bring their own snacks and water.
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Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing: Ways of Being and Seeing is a concept created by a leading environmental voice in Unama’ki Cape Breton, Mi’kmaq Elder Advisor Albert Marshall. He describes Etuaptmumk as “learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing, and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledge and ways of knowing … and learning to use both these eyes together, for the benefit of all”.
Guided by principles of Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing, artist, writer and storyteller Rosemary Georgeson (Sahtu Dene/Coast Salish) and activist, performance artist and community facilitator Lara Aysal (Anatolia/Turkey) embark on a journey to bring Indigenous knowledge and Western knowledge into a dialogue on the climate crisis.
That journey begins at the Heart of The City Festival! from November 2nd to 5th at the Firehall Arts Centre.
Over four evenings, Indigenous Knowledge Keepers will lead four circles of conversation with Elders, activists and academics, bearing witness to the impact of the human environmental destruction of Mother Earth, through stories of water, air, fire, and earth.
In a time when the climate crisis has paralyzed so many of us, Etuaptmumk reminds us that we do have a compass for this journey and that we can imagine a different reality together. As Elder Albert Marshall says, “The fundamental basis of any relationship is an exchange of stories.”
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Rosemary Georgeson
Rosesmary is a Coast Salish and Sahtu Dene filmmaker and multi-media artist. Georgeson was born on Galiano Island in British Columbia, Canada.Her work ranges from film, theatre, radio to involvement in the culinary arts. Georgeson was the Aboriginal Community Director of Urban Ink Productions 2002-2011, and has worked with the company since its inception in 2001. In 2014 Georgeson was invited to the position of Aboriginal Storyteller in Residence at the Vancouver Public Library. Much of Georgeson's work highlights the unrecorded contributions that Indigenous women have made within the dying fishing industry. Raised in a fishing family on Galiano Island in the Southern gulf islands of British Columbia, Georgeson spent many years working and living on fish boats. An important component of Georgeson's work involves collaborating with other artists and community members.
Lara Aysal
Lara is a climate justice and human rights activist, performance artist, facilitator of community-oriented projects. She has collaborated with a variety of communities in South Africa, South America, Turkey, Italy, Germany and so-called Canada and worked across borders with international theatre companies and facilitated research projects in development and conflict settings with refugees, prisoners, ethnic minorities and Indigenous communities. She is one of the co-founders of AA+A Contemporary Performance Research Project and Ray Performance Collective. Before moving to Canada, she taught first- and second year acting classes at Beykent University and published individual and collaborative ideas on Conference of the Parties (COP20), civil disobedience, theatre in conflict zones and poems on possibilities of hope. She is interested in the role of theatre to address, organize and take action within climate justice context though decolonizing methodologies. She finds joy in experimenting with tools of theatre to disturb everyday life. She is currently doing her PhD in Interdisciplinary Program at UBC and collaborating with artists on performances in the era of crisis. Lara has been in the board of directors of The Only Animal for 3 years. She has been taking creative roles in several projects led by The Only Animal.
About The Only Animal
The Only Animal creates immersive work that arises from a deep engagement with place. The natural world is our touchstone: water, sand, snow and ice and trees. Our work seeks to re/connect our human nature with Nature. Here we forge new ways of understanding of how to be on earth. The Only Animal is only Human, we strive to make art in a way that is sustainable, joyful and treads lightly on the earth. We work inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility in our organization, with our artists, and our audiences. We act on huge stages: the forests, the ocean, human possibility. There we find enormous challenges of the times, including the climate challenges that threaten our existence as a species. We seek creative ways forward and solutionary actions. We have broad shoulders and the ability to undertake ambitious projects. We love the impossible. We create art to thrill the blood, stir the soul and revitalize the planet.
The Participant agrees to:
- To attend the workshop
- To complete a short post-event survey (online/ email/ phone).
- To respect facilitators and fellow participants. The actions of all Participants should reflect TOA values of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility and climate consciousness.
- To adhere to the BC COVID-19 Public Health Orders and Guidelines that are in place during the workshop.
- To grant permission, for this workshop, for your anonymous survey responses to be shared with our funders, on our website and research partners.
The Only Animal will provide:
- A safe and supportive environment for the event.
The Only Animal understands that it may be necessary for a Participant to withdraw for various reasons. However, by completing this form, the Participant is agreeing to make all best efforts to attend and participate in the workshop, and to inform TOA as soon as possible if you are no longer able to attend.
By clicking the “I agree” button, the Workshop Participant acknowledges that they have read and understood all the points above. If you have questions or concerns, do not submit this form, and contact
lara@theonlyanimal.com with your questions.
