 | Hands Back, Hands Forward: Sharing Indigenous Intellectual Traditions |
|
Dear colleagues, Please send this announcement to your membership and networks. Thanks. Regards, Jo-ann. *SAVE THE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT* *Hands Back, Hands Forward: Sharing Indigenous Intellectual Traditions* You are invited to an international *Gathering of People – Hands Back, Hands Forward: Sharing Indigenous Intellectual Traditions* at the First Nations Longhouse, University of British Columbia, on *April 11-12, 2012*, hosted by the Indigenous members of the Faculties of Education at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. This international Gathering of People is hosted on the traditional and unceded territory of the Musqueam First Nation at the University of British Columbia. Musqueam Elder, Dr. Vincent Stogan shared the teaching of hands back and hands forward. When we gather to share our knowledge and to discuss important ‘work’, we stand in circle to give thanks and to show our support for one another by holding hands. We hold our left palm upward to symbolize reaching back to receive help from our Ancestors and those who have walked before us. We learn to use these teachings and our responsibility is to help those who come after us. We then extend our right palm downwards as a symbol giving help. This is the teaching of hands back and hands forward. The two-day gathering will provide opportunities for small group discussions and plenary panel sessions. The Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific (IPP), Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (IPA) SIGS of AERA and the Canadian Society for the Study of Indigenous Education (CASIE) are planning the panel sessions. Each day has a focus: Day One: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. Sharing our Research Day Two: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm. Applying our Research Registration fees: Faculty and non-students $20 a day; students $10 a day; Elders free. Breakfast and lunch are provided. Soon a call for registration and more detailed information will be sent out. ___________________ Jo-ann Archibald, PhD Associate Dean for Indigenous Education NITEP Director Professor of Education Faculty of Education 2125 Main Mall Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 phone: 604-822-5286 fax: 604-822-8234 jo-ann.archibald@ubc.ca An American Educational Research Association List If you need assistance with this list, please send an email to listadmin@aera.net. |
 |
Alaska Native Knowledge Network Resources for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing. |
| |
