Shades of Brown: defying racial categories

Thu Jul 04 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-07:00

Museum of Vancouver - MOV | Vancouver

Museum of Vancouver
Publisher/HostMuseum of Vancouver
Shades of Brown: defying racial categories
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Who is "brown"? Who decides? A conversation on brown histories, politics, and identity-making.
About this Event

Who is “brown” in Vancouver? Who decides?

Over time, “brown” has been used to categorize different groups of people, including people from different cultural communities and people with mixed heritage. Race and its categorizations are constructs that affect people’s lives in real and material ways. Yet who fits into which racial category, especially where “brown” is concerned, is never clear—and it shifts over time. In its ambiguity, brown presents the flaws of categorization and in doing so, the anti-racist possibilities that exist beyond it.

This July, the Museum of Vancouver welcomes Chris Patterson to present his academic and creative work on brown histories, politics and identity-making. Following Chris’ presentation, three fellow storytellers—Anne Claire Baguio, Sharanjit Kaur and Hari Alluri—who are defying racist and colonial systems in their own creative community-based work, will join him in conversation. At this event, we warmly invite you to listen, learn and reflect with community.

This event is in partnership with UBC’s Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement (ACRE) and is the launch of their Browning Asian Canadian Series.

Date: Thursday, July 4
Time 6:30-8:30pm

Event Schedule:

6:30pm: Event begins; Chris’ Presentation
7:00pm: Respondents/Panel Discussion
7:45pm: Break
8:00pm: Q&A with Audience
8:30pm: Event Ends

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Museum of Vancouver - MOV, 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, Canada

Tickets

CAD 10.00

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