The Living Presence of Our History Part VI

The Living Presence of Our History Part VI

March 27, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - March 28, 2022 @ 3:00 pm

Co-produced by Double Edge and the Ohketeau Cultural Center

A Conversation on Continued Oppression and Erasure Through Public Plaques, Memorials, and Statuary
A panel of scholars and local Indigenous people to discuss how the colonizer lens on our local history in public spaces can further the extinction narrative. We will explore how these narratives affect Native and non-Native communities today and the possible steps to educate, decolonize, and make changes using an Indigenous lens.

The event will be live-streamed on HowlRound TV, Double Edge’s Facebook as well as Ohketeau’s Facebook page.
Watch prior broadcasts here.

Double Edge Theatre acknowledges and recognizes the Indigenous People – the Nipmuc and the Mohican, who have been present and lived on these lands for millennia, and whose travel and cultivation of this land we now benefit from.
We lift up the legacy of the countless peoples of African descent whose blood, bones, bodies, brilliance, and unpaid labor also built and sustained these lands.
Truth, reconciliation, rematriation, and healing will only come with acknowledgment as a first step, followed by cultural and economic reparations and other restorative actions.

On the platform of Art Justice, we build equity and solidarity with the deliberation and intentionality. This commitment includes the artists with whom we collaborate; the neighbors with whom we trade or work; our residency and training participants; and the consultants who helped to guide us. The mission / values / vision / work of Double Edge will always reflect the larger population of our region / our state / our country. Our people, our Ensemble, our collaborators identify themselves rather than being defined by others. Double Edge protects the silence of our internal space, while simultaneously ensuring that no one is silenced.

CONTACT INFO

By mail:
Double Edge Theatre
948 Conway Road
Ashfield, MA 01330

By phone: 413.628.0277
Fax: 866.649.0635

Office hours:
Monday – Friday 10:00am – 4:00pm

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Photos by David Weiland, Maria Baranova, Kim Chin-Gibbons, Douglas Mason, and Double Edge Theatre
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