Keynote: Living Culture and Sleeping Collections
Preserving Performance in the Pacific Northwest: A Symposium
Gerry Lawson is a proud member of the Heiltsuk First Nation. He currently manages the Oral History and Language Lab at the UBC Museum of Anthropology. With over 15 years in the field of information management and digitization, he works to develop practical, scalable resources for Indigenous cultural heritage preservation, and to decolonize information practices. Gerry sits on the Board of Directors for the First Peoples' Cultural Council, acts as the Technology Lead for the innovative UBC Indigitization Program and works with several other groups to advocate for both Indigenous language revival and digital heritage preservation.
Keynote Presenter: Gerry Lawson Preserving Performance in the Pacific Northwest February 20th (University of Victoria)- Feb 21st (Royal BC Museum) Victoria, ...
VIDEO FOOTAGE: LOGAN SWAIN AND CONOR FARRELL
PHOTOS: ANNIE KONSTANTINOVA
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