Brightening the Covenant Chain: Revealing Cultures of Diplomacy Between the Crown and the Iroquois

Cultures of Indigenous Diplomacy – A Digital Conference. Presentations Playlist (2022)
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(2022). Cultures of Indigenous Diplomacy – A Digital Conference. Presentations Playlist. [Video]

The Conference showcases reflections on themes linked to Dr Pedri-Spade’s work Material Kwe. The aim is to create space for interdisciplinary dialogue on intercultural expressions of diplomacy, through art and making, material culture including wampu... Read More about Cultures of Indigenous Diplomacy – A Digital Conference. Presentations Playlist.

Director's Seminar: Indigenous Environmental History and Its Relevance to Future Prosperity (2022)
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Porter, J. (2022). Director's Seminar: Indigenous Environmental History and Its Relevance to Future Prosperity

The world is grappling with a number of widespread and indeterminate risks that we ourselves created. Perhaps the most fundamental risk to our wellbeing as the Fourth Industrial Revolution unfolds is Natural Producer Extinction- the irreversible loss... Read More about Director's Seminar: Indigenous Environmental History and Its Relevance to Future Prosperity.

Alan Graham Memorial Lecture: Wildness and Indigenous American Futures (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Porter, J. (2022, April). Alan Graham Memorial Lecture: Wildness and Indigenous American Futures. Presented at Irish Association of American Studies Annual Conference 2022: America Gone Wild, Dublin City University

“In wildness is the preservation of the world” said Henry David Thoreau, but was he right? Does the idea of the wild instead enshrine outdated thinking that works to prevent the West from addressing the wicked problems of a warming world? Is wildness... Read More about Alan Graham Memorial Lecture: Wildness and Indigenous American Futures.

Dress To ReDress: Exploring Native American Material Culture (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Dress To ReDress: Exploring Native American Material Culture. Exhibited at American Museum & Gardens, Bath, UK. 19 March 2022 - 3 July 2022

The American Museum & Gardens presents Dress to Redress, an exhibition of the work of contemporary Anishinabe artist Celeste Pedri-Spade, from 19 March to 3 July.

Featuring a series of spectacular wearable-art pieces, personal artefacts and photog... Read More about Dress To ReDress: Exploring Native American Material Culture.