Knowledge Within

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Treasures of the Northwest Coast

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Knowledge Within: Treasures of the Northwest Coast explores seventeen key sites across the Pacific Northwest that house significant collections of Indigenous material culture. Through diverse approaches, contributors who are closely connected to these institutions share histories, highlight notable artefacts, and reflect on the contemporary and future importance of their work. The book presents an ongoing narrative involving individuals, institutions, communities, and treasured artworks, revealing the dynamic and multi-faceted nature of these cultural legacies.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in Indigenous art, museum studies, cultural heritage, and the Pacific Northwest region. It will appeal to those keen to learn about the stewardship and exhibition of Indigenous treasures from an insider perspective.

Description

Knowledge Within: Treasures of the Northwest Coast delves into seventeen of the numerous sites in the Pacific Northwest region with significant collections of Northwest Coast Indigenous material culture, highlighting a wide range of approaches to the care and exhibition of these treasures.

Each chapter is authored by individuals who work or have worked in the organisations discussed. The chapters vary in their approach to reflecting upon their institutions: some provide a history of the institution, some concentrate on specific pieces within the collection, and others explore the implications of the current work for both the present and future.

These chapters do more than simply fill in the gaps of an existing dialogue. They demonstrate that these are selected moments in a much longer story, which is still ongoing, with many characters—individuals, institutions, communities, artworks, treasures—embarking on different, although often parallel or intersecting, journeys.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781773270999

Publisher: Figure 1 Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 October 2022

Country: Canada

Imprint: Figure 1 Publishing

Illustration: color photographs throughout

Contributors:

Edited by Caitlin Gordon-Walker
Curated by Pam Brown
Curated by Jisgang Nika Collison
Curated by Anthony Alan Shelton
Curated by Jodi Simkin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 254.0mm

Height: 304.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 196

Collections

Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Caitlin Gordon-Walker is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work explores the politics of museums and other forms of public cultural representation in relation to nationalism, colonialism and difference, with a focus on the representation of difficult and contested histories. Pam Brown is of Heiltsuk and Kitasoo ancestry. She is an anthropologist and worked as Urban Indigenous Liaison and Curator, Pacific Northwest at the UBC Museum of Anthropology for twenty-six years. With Jill Baird she co-curated the exhibition Culture at the Centre (2018), the first of its kind, where five First Nations cultural centers came together to share their knowledge in a mainstream museum. Jisgang Nika Collison belongs to the Ḵaay'ahl Laanas of the Haida Nation. She is Executive Director and Curator of the Haida Gwaii Museum at Ḵay Llnagaay and has worked in the field of Haida language arts and culture for over two decades. Deeply committed to reconciliation, she is a senior repatriation negotiator for her Nation, pursuing reparation and relationships with mainstream museums on a global scale. Anthony Alan Shelton is Professor of Art History, Visual Arts and Theory at UBC, and from 2004 to 2021 was Director of the Museum of Anthropology. He is the author of many publications, including the three-volume work Writing from Images (2015–2021). Jodi Simkin began her work in the culture and heritage sector more than thirty years ago through an undergraduate co-op placement at the Secwepemc Museum and Heritage Park located on the Kamloops Indian Reserve in central BC. Since then, she has devoted her professional life to issues of social justice as both an archeologist and museum professional.