Funded by the Salish Weave Fund held at the Victoria Foundation, the Salish Weave Box Sets: Art & Storytelling is centred around highlighting the voices of the artists within the Salish Weave Collection Box Sets, following Indigenous research methodologies. In particular, this project’s goal was to look into art as pedagogy and storywork, as described by Q’um Q’um Xiiem in her 2008 book, Indigenous Storywork.
The collection is recorded conversations between the artists, Ashley Edwards, and Courtney Vance. Within these conversations, artists share their influences, processes, what it’s like being a First Nations artist, and how art is a source of knowledge sharing.
For inquiries on using the collection please contact lib-indigenous@sfu.ca
Biographies
Ashley Edwards is a Mètis, Scottish, and Dutch, and a Métis Nation BC citizen. Ashley has her MLIS (University of Alberta), BA in Adult Education (University of the Fraser Valley / UFV), and a Library Technician diploma (UFV). Through her work and research, Ashley examines decolonizing education, the concept of literature, and Indigenous information literacy.
Courtney Vance is of Northern-Tutchone and German settler descent, and a member of Selkirk First Nation. Courtney has her BA in Sociology and Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies (SFU), and at the time of this project began her master’s degree in the Department of Sociology at SFU. In her graduate studies, Courtney is interested in Indigenous policy, decolonizing the city, and learning how to responsibly integrate Indigenous knowledges and communities into urban planning processes.
Resources
Educational activities
The goal of these activities are to serve as an extension of the videos to help generate discussion in a classroom or group setting.