EP3: Carving Totems for Indigenous Planetary Futures with Carey Newman

In this episode, Heather and special co-host, Jeff Corntassel, a professor in Indigenous Studies and a member of our collective at the University of Victoria, sit down with Carey Newman, renowned artist, master carver, filmmaker, author, and public speaker to discuss the circuitous route he followed that brought him to be a part of the Archipelagos collective.

Perhaps most well known for his work on The Witness Blanket, Carey’s work co-creating a totem for the 2008 North American Indigenous Games was the first time he engaged in community engaged art making. The experience of having 11,000 people participate in a process of co-creating art changed his practice. As he shares, through “the process of making art and shaping things, you’re also reshaping yourself.” This ethos informs Carey’s practice and shapes his thinking about his art practice and the role of art making in Indigenous planetary futures.

This podcast is created by the Impact Chair in Transformative Governance for Planetary Health at the University of Victoria, with production from Cited Media. We are supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.


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We’re burning down our house, and we’re in for nasty weather. But Indigenous peoples have ideas for planetary resurgence and restoration. Professors Heather Castleden and Hōkūlani Aikau bring you conversations with artists, activists, scholars, and other knowledge keepers tackling the climate crisis.

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