This is a past event
An artistic exhibition exploring the impact of resource extraction on water resources in northern Canada. Displayed in the MacRobert Building Foyer from 9am to 5pm during weekdays.
Photo credit: Tanya Harnett, Paul First Nations: 2005 Wabamum clean up site of a 700,000 litre oil spill, 2011.
Scarred/Sacred Water is an exhibition of 6 large-scale photographs by Tanya Harnett, an artist from Carry the Kettle First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada. Through these striking images Harnett draws attention to the environmental issues surrounding resource extraction.
Developed in collaboration with members of 5 Northern Alberta First Nations, these photographs highlight the perspective of rural First Nations on the energy industry’s impacts on their communities and raise important questions about the sustainability of different forms of resource extraction relevant to debates taking place in communities well beyond northern Canada.
Hosted by the Northern Colonialism Programme, The North Theme, University of Aberdeen.
Join us on 3 September 2014, 7pm - 9pm in the MacRobert Building room 051 of Aberdeen University for the exhibit opening and a free public talk by Tanya Harnett, the creator of ‘Scarred/Sacred Water’. Gain insight into Harnett’s approach to creating these photographs and the questions she seeks to explore through the images.
Please RSVP by 25 August to Marionne Cronin (marionne.cronin@abdn.ac.uk). Attendance is free.
- Speaker
- Tanya Harnett
- Hosted by
- The Northern Colonialism Programme, The North research theme, University of Aberdeen
- Venue
- MacRobert Building Foyer, University of Aberdeen
- Contact
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Dr Alison Brown - The Northern Colonialism Programme, The North Theme; Department of Anthropology