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Jennifer C. Robinson

PhD Candidate, Visual Anthropology and Materiality
University of Victoria
Participates in 1 Session
Jennifer’s research interests are driven by a passion for Canadian culture. As a nation of nations, much of the uniqueness of Canada lies in the relationships between Indigenous peoples, early Euro-American and Asian settlers, and new immigrant communities. Investigating these (often fraught) relationships forms the basis of her work in areas such as: colonial/”post”-colonial narratives, performance theory, the materiality of media, visual methodologies, community-based research protocols, critical museology, and the evolving discourse(s) of human rights in Canada. Since 2007 she has been working closely with heritage professionals, community elders, artists, performers, educators, and researchers at a number of galleries and museums both nationally and internationally. She is currently a Research Affiliate with UVIC’s Residential and Indian Day School Art Research Program and the Curatorial Programmer of the Salish Weave Collection of contemproary art from the Coast Salish territories of British Columbia.

Jennifer holds a MA in Material and Visual Culture from the University College of London, a BA in Anthropology and History from the University of British Columbia, and is currently a PhD Candidate (ABD) in Visual Anthropology and Materiality in UVIC's Department of Anthropology. Her current doctoral research is an ethnographic study into the current exhibtion landscape of human rights in Canada. Based on interviews conducted with heritage professionals from eight different cultural institutions across Canada, this project analyzes the strategies and challenges of working with this strain of curatorial material; the partnerships formed in order to build emotionally charged exhibitions; the role of survivor testimony and material culture in processes of creating human rights exhibitions; and whether these exhibitions are contributing to broader discussions of human rights in Canada.
 

Sessions in which Jennifer C. Robinson participates

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
13:30
13:30

Sessions in which Jennifer C. Robinson attends

Friday 3 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:30
11:30
Mr. Craig Bennett Jr.
Participant
Bennett Preservation Eng...
Founder and President
Martine Lizotte
Moderator
École internationale d’h...
Directrice
Pierre Mathieu
Participant
Explorateur Voyages
Consultant, guide accomp...
France Lessard
Participant
Stratégiste en tourisme
David Mendel
Participant
Mendel Tours
14:30
14:30
  • Public Debate: Heritage and the City | Le Patrimoine et la Ville
  • Signup required
  • UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Agora
  • 14:30 - 16:00  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Qu’est-ce que le patrimoine change à Montréal? Qu’est-ce que Montréal change au patrimoine? Ce débat vise à mettre en discussion l'évoluti...
  • Talk
    Co-Construction and Community Based HeritageUrban HeritageActivists and ExpertsArchitecture and Urbanism
Marc-André Carignan
Participant
Journaliste
Guillaume Ethier
Moderator
Université du Québec à M...
Professeur
France St-Jean
Potential
Luc Ferrandez
Participant
Ville de Montréal, Arron...
Maire d'arrondissement
Dinu Bumbaru
Participant
Héritage Montréal
Directeur des politiques

Saturday 4 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
Lucie Morisset
Moderator
Canada Research Chair in...
Event manager
11:00
11:00
  • The Artistry of Heritage
  • UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M460
  • 11:00 - 17:00  | 6 hours
  • This session explores artist-history exchanges in the context of heritage sites, venues and spaces, and considers recent curatorial and artistic...
  • Regular session
    Heritage as an Agent of Change (Epistemologies, Ontologies, Teaching)ArtsArchitecture and Urbanism
12:30
12:30
13:30
13:30
  • Cultural Heritage and the Working Class
  • UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540
  • 13:30 - 15:00  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Many people are actively using working class heritage as a resource to reflect on the past and the present, and there is a growing tendency for the...
  • Regular session
    Heritage Changes the Local Societies
    Heritage changes the local societiesheritage and mobilityPost-colonial heritageGlobal vs local
17:00
17:00
  • Smoked meat in questions
  • Bistro le Sanguinet - Bistro, étage principal et terrasse
  • 17:00 - 18:00  | 1 hour
  • This festive event will offer delegates a taste of one of the iconic dishes of Montreal, the smoked meat sandwich, imported by Jewish immigration f...
  • Cocktail
    Festive Event
18:30
18:30
  • Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
  • Signup required
  • UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
  • 18:30 - 20:00  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...
  • Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
    Public event
    Simultaneous translation - Traduction simultanée
Prof. Michael Herzfeld
Participant
Harvard University
Ernest E. Monrad Profess...
Prof. Laurajane Smith
Moderator
Australian National Univ...
Professor and Head of th...

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
12:30
12:30

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
13:30
13:30

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
15:30
15:30
19:00
19:00
  • Pawâ
  • La Scena - La Scena (intérieur)
  • 19:00 - 23:00  | 4 hours
  • The closing dinner of the conference, called “Pawâ” according to a French-Canadian tradition borrowed from the Native American lexicon, will be an ...
  • Repas
    Festive Event