Carving Lost Family History
Partner
University of Alberta (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies) and Ivan Rosypskye (Ongoing)
Deliverables
Report, documentary, cedar carving (by Ivan Rosypskye)
Project description
This project was initiated by Ukranian-Heiltsuk carver Ivan Rosypskye and PARC’s director Dr. Keith Thor Carlson. Bringing together academics, community members, and artists, this project sought to tell a story that speaks as forcefully to contemporary news headlines as it does to intergenerational traumas whose origins lie buried in decade’s old conflicts and oppressions.
Student involvement
PARC students conducted genealogical and historical research, presented the research to community members, and filmed and edited a documentary about the project.