This symposium gathers stories of those who were on the receiving end of imperialism in the 19th century. It will engage with untold or unpublished histories of encounters between Arctic Indigenous peoples or Arctic animals and colonial empires (European, American or Russian) through analyses of 19th century texts, images and objects originating in cultural contact zones.
This symposium seeks to expose the illusions of the modern progress narratives (scientific, material, moral) that accompanied colonial ventures in the Arctic region. It considers and documents the impact of Euro-American and Russian imperialism on human and animal life in the Arctic region and amplifies the knowledge, creative expressions, experience, resilience and resistance of Arctic Indigenous peoples and communities.
A program of the North x North Festival.
Interested in participating? Reach out to Rebecca Pottebaum at rpottebaum@anchoragemuseum.org