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Accepted Paper:
Fire Back: Finding Stories Beyond the Institutional Frames
Sherry Farrell Racette
(University of Regina)
This paper will unpack the visceral response from a small group of students and artists to a small hide bag found in a museum collection. The little bag, with the words "Fire Back" embroidered on the front impacted each member of the group in different ways.
Paper long abstract:
I have taken many groups - both large and small - into museums to view collections. This paper will unpack one incident where, standing on a ladder, I found a small moose hide bag with the words "Fire Back" in silk thread embroidery. Each member of the group had a powerful response to the bag and its message, and expressed them through artistic, curatorial and political actions.