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Relational Paths. Art Beyond Reconciliation. Ideas & Creations from Sápmi & Abya Yala
Relational Paths. Art Beyond Reconciliation. Ideas and Creations from Sápmi and Abya Yala is a result of a multi-year programme initiated by OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway, KORO – Public Art Norway and Sámiráđđi – the Saami Council.
Building on long-standing critiques of “reconciliation” as a reliable construct for confronting destructive colonial legacies on Indigenous communities, this new book proposes various modes of relational forms as a more productive framework for acknowledging history, confronting the present and considering new reparative futures. The collaboration and publication were prompted by but have no formal connection to the Norwegian Parliament’s establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2018.
"This publication explores how art, justice, and reconciliation can be understood through relationality. How Sámi and other Indigenous artists and intellectuals challenge, redefine and reject state-centred premises and processes of Truth and Reconciliation, but more importantly, propose ideas and creations centred in their own worldviews. It aims to build bridges and solidarity between Indigenous territories, communities and peoples, to encourage accountability among allies and institutions, and to mend relations with the non-human landscape."
—the editors of Relational Paths
With and by
Contributors: Christina Hætta, Rosa Chávez, Yásnaya Elena Gil and Eva Maria Fjellheim, Máret Ánne Sara, Colectivo Cherani by Alain Silva, Kissel Bravo Hernández and Bernardo Núñez; Pauliina Feodoroff, Joyce Rivas, Frederik Prost and Inga Wiktoria Påve, Ana Braconnier De León and Juan Esteban Calderón, Anders Sunna, Daniela Catrileo, Joar Nango, Britta Marakkat-Labba, Geir Tore Holm, Drew Snyder and Itzel Esquivel.
Ed.: Eva Maria Fjellheim, Itzel Esquivel and Drew Snyder
Design by Árvu
