Welcome to a new week
Announcements:
Research Affiliate Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau has published a chapbook, The
Goose, with above/ground press. A short essay Melanie wrote about the chapbook is available here,
and copies are available for purchase here.
We also have a handful of copies available for free in the UMIH office. Please drop by this week to pick up a copy.
We
are excited to share a writing piece by Lydia Gork, a UMIH student intern currently available on the UMIH blog. Read Lydia's Meet
me at the Kitchen Party: The Intersections of Joy and Relationality in the persistence of the Red River Métis Nation via
this link.
Upcoming
Events:
The Writing Towards a Just World Cluster Presents Dialogue
and Desire by
Debbie Patterson
Thursday, December 8th, 2022
from 12 - 2 PM CT
This hybrid workshop will be available on Zoom and in-person at 307 Tier
Folks
are invited to attend this workshop by Winnipeg
playwright, composer, director and actor Debbie
Patterson. Patterson trained at the National Theatre School of Canada and is the former Artistic Director of the Popular Theatre Alliance of Manitoba (PTAM). In
this workshop, we’ll look at how to write active dialogue, whether you’re writing a script or using dialogue as part of a prose narrative. By playing close attention to the character’s desires, we can drive the story forward through active dialogue. How do
we ask for what we want? What makes it hard to ask? How do we ask without asking? Use this
link to register for this workshop.
The Food Matters Research Cluster presents: Holiday
Food: Tastes from Home and Invented Traditions
Friday, December
9th 2022
from 2 - 3:30 PM CT
At 409 Tier
Building
This
inaugural event of the Food Matters Research Cluster looks at the varied and storied ways that different ethnic communities celebrate holiday seasons and the role of food in those celebrations. It will discuss how contemporary practices developed, have been
passed down, and have incorporated foreign traditions, whether through colonial contexts or processes of globalism.
Come join us for this fascinating look at the holidays - delicious treats will be provided!