Spinning Culture Forward: Mountain Goat Pedagogies and Practices
Xémóntalot Carrielynn Victor is an accomplished artist and land-based researcher of mixed Stó:lö and Western European Heritage from the community XwChí:yóm (Cheam) in the Easter Fraser Valley.
Through years of research, material, and creative practice that incorporates traditional knowledge and land-based methodologies, Carrielynn has developed a deep respect and love for mountain goats and the gifts they share.
Her holistic practice engages with knowledge of the species through seasonal changes, harvesting, human and kinship relationships, traditional hide and wool processing, and culturally informed approaches of sustainability in all phases of their growth and life cycles.
For the first time Carrielynn is sharing her research and practice that draws from community knowledge and mentorship, archival research, and the development and fabrication of traditional tools used in wool processing. The cultural and spiritual fulcrum of this ongoing revitalization is the importance Carrielynn places on incorporating Halq'emeylem and Hul'quimi'nu language in all phases of the work.
Join the Bill Reid Centre for Northwest Coast Studies’ Visiting Fellow, Xémóntalot Carrielynn Victor, as she shares her knowledge/practice of Mountain Goat hair collecting and processing over the course of four events. The first and last talks will be open to the public, however Carrielynn’s hands-on wool processing workshops will be focused on transferring these knowledges and practices to local Coast Salish harvesters, weavers and cultural practitioner. Space at workshops will be limited.
Carrielynn's first public talk will take place October 4th at 4:30pm at SFU's Vancouver Campus.
Room 2510
Harbour Centre
555 West Hastings Street
Registration details for the hands-on workshops will be announced soon!