HIST 423 - Knowing Through Creating

To truly understand Indigenous creation, one must engage in the act of creating. The embodied experience of engaging directly in the process of creating Indigenous arts, however, provides an additional dimension of deep understanding and opens pathways to Indigenous ways of knowing. Through this course, students will examine histories of Indigenous methods of creating such as moose/caribou hair tufting, beadwork, quillwork, and basket weaving. Students will have the opportunity to learn directly from Indigenous creators to understand these embodied practices as Indigenous ways of knowing, teaching, and learning. Students will design a final project in one of the mediums taught throughout the course which will be accompanied by a critical reflection of their embodied experience.