Future Worldings Conference

On behalf of Griffin Art Projects, Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research and the Aboriginal Gathering Place at Emily Carr University, we are pleased to invite you to attend the Future Worldings Conference on Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 9 AM to 7 PM at the Reliance Theatre at Emily Carr University. Online attendance will also be available via Zoom.

The Future Worldings Conference is presented in partnership with the Aboriginal Gathering Place + Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research at Emily Carr University, and in collaboration with the UBC Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice.

The Future Worldings Conference considers approaches to shared “worldmaking,” employing a collective and collaborative methodology that arises from the contributions of partners, presenters and audience members. The Future Worldings Conference provides a forum to work alongside and with one another to articulate and reflect on our shared relations to the unfolding concerns of thinking through decolonial futures together. The Future Worldings Conference also considers how it may be possible to retain the specificities of site, body, history, access and cultural understandings in order to “world” together.

Featuring presentations with Nura Ali, Lisa Baldissera, Sven Christian, Randy Lee Cutler, Bongi Dhlomo, Sun Forest, Dora Alejandra Gaviria-Sernal, Mimi Gellman, Wezile Harmans, Lebogang Mogul Mabusela, Pebofatso Mokoena, David Ng, Usha Seejarim, Daniel Stompie Selibe, Sikho Siyotula, Karen Tam, Pat Vera, Daina Warren, and Xwalacktun. The day’s events will also feature a special post-conference Reception & Performances with Pebofatso Mokoena (South Africa) and See Monsters (Canada), to be held from 5 PM to 7 PM at the Aboriginal Gathering Place.

View the Conference Booklet here

To find out more info about the event, visit the Griffin Art Project's webpage.