Sunday, July 12, 2020 at 3 pm – 4 pm
Join Lindsay Dobbin for a sound medicine walk through the forest in Mi’kma’ki, where listening will inform the journey.
Lindsay Dobbin is a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) – Acadian – Irish water protector, artist, musician, curator and educator who lives and works on the Bay of Fundy in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of Lnu’k (Mi’kmaq). Born in and belonging to the Kennebecasis River Valley, the traditional territory of the Wəlastəkwiyik, Mi’kmaq and Passamaquoddy, Dobbin has lived throughout Wabanaki as well as the Yukon in Kwanlin Dün territory.
Dobbin’s relational and place-responsive practice includes music, sound art, performance, sculpture, installation, social practices and writing, and is invested in Indigenous epistemologies and cultural practices, such as drumming. Through placing listening, collaboration and improvisation at the center of the creative process, Dobbin’s practice explores the connection between the environment and the body, and engages in a sensorial intimacy with the living land and water.
As a passionate educator, Dobbin employs traditional and contemporary land-based practices, creativity, play and improvisation as tools for self-awareness, collaboration, experiential learning and community building — revealing that people and the environment are related in dynamic ways. Dobbin is also an active artistic collaborator, and have worked on projects with musicians, sound artists, dancers, visual artists and filmmakers.
Virtual gatherings, workshops, teachings, circles, parties + panels coming from Indigenous community members to hold space with our NDN kin across Nations, Lands + Waters. In an effort to locate + contribute to nodes in our interconnected web of relations during these times of social-distancing in effort to braid profound visionings.
This series of gatherings centers and nourishes place-keeping of our Black, Brown, 2Spirited, trans, non-binary + indigiqueer community members and upholds harm reductive protocols that provides a sense of safety that is ever-evolving. This programming is held with Indigenous youth, 2Spirit indigiqueer community as well as families both blood + chosen to stay connected with our cultures, communities and creativity.
In each event posting, we will extend the invitation with protocols for spatial awareness. ((( Most gatherings are open exclusively to Indigenous + Black-Indigenous kin. ))) ((( Some gatherings are open exclusively for Black + Black-Indigenous community members ))) ((( Some gatherings are open to Black, Black-Indigenous and Indigenous people who are also 2SLGBTTQQIA+ ))) ((( Some gatherings are for kiddos ))) ((( Some gatherings are open to our settler Ally – Accomplice dear ones, LGBTTQQIA+ folx, Black – Brown – POC + other displaced Kin who listen, honour and hold Indigenous resurgent practices with intentioned care in ongoing right relations. )))
** If ever you are questioning if the Circle is for you, please feel comfortable connecting with us + we can offer support in processing prior to your arrival. Please feel to come as you are.
Web of Virtual Kin is a collaborative weaving of intentions and community relationships, organized by SS2S :: StrongSpirit2Sircle, Land as Our Teacher (Concordia+) and nistamîkwan. SS2S wishes to extend gratitude to Centre Clark + ACC-CCA for their generous support as well as CRE + Hand & Hands for their contributions during these times to the community. Web of Virtual Kin receives generous + generative funding support from LAOT and BACA 2020 Kahwatsiretátie : Teionkwariwaienna Tekariwaiennawahkòntie.
