In this episode with Quelemia Sparrow, we explore land acknowledgements, language revitalization, and the process of creating land-based work in theatre spaces. A question that often comes up in my own creative processes is; how can I as an artist create work in a good way? Especially if its land based or community based work, or involves the revitalization of language and culture. And how can I as an artist hold myself accountable to this work?
Quelemia Sparrow is an actor, writer, director, dramaturge and consultant from the Musqueam Nation. Over the years, she's developed multiple works, and in this episode we discuss her play titled Women of Papiyek, a weaving of land-based work, fiction and history that highlights the voices of women who lived in Papiyek, or what is currently known as Brockton Point in Stanley Park. In this discussion, we also learn a little bit about how Stanley Park came to be. She also shares with us the Musqueam Creation story, which sparks another conversation on the importance of Creation stories throughout Turtle Island.
These are stories within stories within stories.
Additional references includes a quote shared from the book Embers, written by Ojibwe author and journalist, Richard Wagamese.
In this episode with Quelemia Sparrow, we explore land acknowledgements, language revitalization, and the process of creating land-based work in theatre spaces. A question that often comes up in my own creative processes is; how can I as an artist create work in a good way? Especially if its land based or community based work, or involves the revitalization of language and culture. And how can I as an artist hold myself accountable to this work?
Quelemia Sparrow is an actor, writer, director, dramaturge and consultant from the Musqueam Nation. Over the years, she's developed multiple works, and in this episode we discuss her play titled Women of Papiyek, a weaving of land-based work, fiction and history that highlights the voices of women who lived in Papiyek, or what is currently known as Brockton Point in Stanley Park. In this discussion, we also learn a little bit about how Stanley Park came to be. She also shares with us the Musqueam Creation story, which sparks another conversation on the importance of Creation stories throughout Turtle Island.
These are stories within stories within stories.
Additional references includes a quote shared from the book Embers, written by Ojibwe author and journalist, Richard Wagamese.