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British Columbia: Inner and Outer Worlds Conference |
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| BC Studies and People of the River Conference invite you to attend an international conference on British Columbia: Inner and Outer Worlds |
April 27-29, 2007 at Harrison Hot Springs
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| Conference Overview |
This interdisciplinary conference will be a venue for exploring different and diverse manifestations of British Columbia or of British Columbians, not only internally, but also externally.
The conference will include crossover sessions and social activity with the concurrent People of the River Conference hosted by Stó:lô Nation in Chilliwack, BC.
The conference organizers are pleased to feature keynote speaker Hugh Brody, Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Studies, an internationally recognized scholar, anthropologist, land claim researcher, policy adviser, film-maker and writer, known for his work documenting the world views of indigenous hunter/gather societies. |
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| Conference Topics |
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Papers have been organized under the following session headings:
- The Meeting of Two Worlds: Spaniards on the Northwest Coast at the end of the Eighteenth Century
- Aboriginal Space, Reserves and Resistance
- Culture: Perspectives and Conflict
- Recent Archeology in the Fraser Valley
- Urban, Rural, Wild
- Land and Treaties in Discursive Practice
- Borderlands Relationships Across Permeable Boundaries
- Perspectives on Stó:lô History
- Voices and Representations
- Indigenous-newcomer encounters
- Faith, Gender and Rebellion
- Cultural, Artistic, and Historical Representations
- BC Studies and New Media
- Acting and Thinking Otherwise: Challenges to the Liberal Order in 1960s BC
- Reshaping BC Resource Policy, 1950-1980
- Museums: Representation and Repatriation
- Environment and Resource Management
- State Formation and Public Education in a Global Context
- Welfare, Disease and Cultural Interpretation
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| Plenary Session |
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Inner and Outer Worlds of British Columbia Through Cole Harris' Eyes |
| Dr. Cole Harris is Canada's leading historical geographer. He is the editor of the three volume magisterial "Historical Atlas of Canada", which won the Canadian Historical Association's prize for the best book in Canadian History. |
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Enquiries can be directed to:
BC Worlds Conference Organising Committee
Department of History
University College of the Fraser Valley
33844 King Road
Abbotsford, BC
V2S 7M8
Fax: 604.855.7558
Email: bcworlds@ucfv.ca | |
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