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Rebecca (Becky) Bair

艺术家Rebecca Bair在新西敏Anvil Centre以卷发艺术设备反映黑人历史文件匮乏

对跨领域艺术家Rebecca (Becky) Bair来说,「黑人性」(blackness)代表着人多势众和机会。身为素里黑人艺术中心(Black Arts Centre)董事的她强调,在纪录黑人历史时,仅聚焦于他们遭遇的残酷待遇并不足够。Becky透过电话向Pancouver表示,黑人性在广泛层面是关乎喜悦、爱和社区。然而,她认为本应纪录往事的政府文件未能反映黑人性的全貌。

Shayna Jones by Louis Bockner

「黑人与乡村」说书人Shayna Jones分享非裔加人的乡郊回忆

当Pancouver向Shayna Jones提问,为何会想到向居住于乡郊地区的黑人致敬,这名曾经获奖的卑诗省民俗学者(folklorist)给了一个简单的回覆。那时候身处温哥华一家咖啡厅的她透过电话说:「我就是这个群体中的其中一人。」

Shayna Jones by Louis Bockner

「黑人與鄉村」說書人Shayna Jones分享非裔加人的鄉郊回憶

當Pancouver向Shayna Jones提問,為何會想到向居住於鄉郊地區的黑人致敬,這名曾經獲獎的卑詩省民俗學者(folklorist)給了一個簡單的回覆。那時候身處溫哥華一家咖啡廳的她透過電話說:「我就是這個群體中的其中一人。」

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The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.

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We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.