Culturally Modified

Culturally Modified is a quarterly online publication sharing research, stories and inspiration about our cultural resources, both physical and intangible.

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For thousands of years, Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon have used fire in their farming practices to preserve natural resources and regenerate the soil. But a rapidly changing climate and a drier forest have made these fires more difficult to ... https://t.co/D5XMPkYHxW

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Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day! We celebrate and honour all Inuit, First Nations, and Métis peoples.

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National Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line (24/7): 1-866-925-4419
KUU-US B.C.-wide Indigenous Crisis Line (24/7): 1-800-588-8717
Short video on the residential school timeline in Canada from Historica Canada: https://t.co/LzxCTr3MjG

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Last week, Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation said the remains of 215 Indigenous children were found in an unmarked grave at the site of a former Kamloops residential school. 1/?

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We feel this is especially the case, as the children found in Kamloops and those lost across the country — those who would have been our peers, coworkers, and relatives — are unable to share their stories directly.

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@throbbingmind Yes, we do!

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Culturally Modified is looking for your articles on #food and #culture! #callforpitches

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@womenwriterswin Yes!

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"You can’t separate the relationship between singing and farming," says Tafadzwa Matamba, who is sharing knowledge, food and songs from #Zimbabwe with the #CowichanValley.

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From our Change* issue: We caught up with curator Pat Myers from the Royal Alberta Museum to learn about what it's like to curate during an historic pandemic. https://t.co/zWGFTZBime

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How does staying apart from others affect us culturally? Find out here, from our Change* issue: https://t.co/wFGWupX2hS #Anthropology #anthrotwitter

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From our newest issue on Change*, How COVID-19 is Changing our Relationship with Money: https://t.co/dF9cplCGch

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Our ninth issue, Change*, is just in time for the Winter Solstice! It's all about the cultural tectonic shifts that have taken place over the last year due to the global pandemic. Read it here: https://t.co/wsxD4sUuJh

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Joanne Hammond’s popular article challenges the narratives of B.C.’s roadside signs, juxtaposing them against the colonial originals so that the differences become evident. https://t.co/lvoE6RxkkT

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This is your opportunity to dive deeper. Our staff collaborated with disability advocates to put together this list of recommended movies, books, TV shows, dance and art that capture disability experiences. https://t.co/OeLin1iQRN

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Please join us in congratulating Mark Abley, @leahbobet, @BrickMAG, Kathryn Bridge, @carfacnational, @culturallymod, @DiCintio, Sue Goyette, @grescoe, @ParabolicOcelot, @dorettalau, Anne Lazurko, @LPGCanada, Ashley Little, @jlittleMontreal...

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Christine Bruce describes her experience participating in a Wet’suwet’en ceremony. Being among community members and learning about practices and language leads the author back to her own Anishinaabe heritage with renewed curiousity: https://t.co/dSw62nPltN

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"Overall, we interpret the RCMP’s understanding of risk to be synonymous with the potential of a protest movement’s success." Policing Indigenous Dissent, from our Best of Culturally Modified issue: https://t.co/NVrsZmbS4u

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From our Best Of Culturally Modified Issue, Trina Moyles explores the lives of women farmers around the globe in Women Who Dig: A Pastoral Meditation on Time: https://t.co/vVs2DBhrSn