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DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a series of conversations with artists and s
 cholars working in the interdisciplinary field of critical Indigenous stud
 ies\, moderated by Gallatin Faculty member Eugenia Kisin.For the first eve
 nt in the series Currents and Protocols: Conversations in Critical Indigen
 ous Studies and Contemporary Art\, photographer and Diné cultural consulta
 nt Rapheal Begay and American Museum of Natural History Postdoctoral Fello
 w Hadley Jensen will discuss their work on land-based and relational pract
 ices of Navajo weaving.Jensen curated the upcoming Bard Graduate Center Fo
 cus Gallery digital exhibition Shaped by the Loom. Together\, Begay and Je
 nson worked on the forthcoming 360 Imaging Project\, a collaboration with 
 the Gallatin WetLab\, which will provide an immersive and sensory experien
 ce of the animate landscapes\, sacred cosmologies\, and geographic dynamic
 s of the Navajo Nation. Charting the contours of what virtual space can be
 \, this project foregrounds reciprocity efforts\, making this documentatio
 n accessible and relevant to descendent communities whose past\, present\,
  and future homelands we inhabit.Rapheal Begay is a visual storyteller bas
 ed in the capital of the Navajo Nation. Through photography and curatorial
  initiatives\, he intends to culturally express and creatively advocate fo
 r understanding and teaching found in the Diné way of life. In 2017\, he o
 btained his BFA in Art Studio with a minor in Arts Management and Undergra
 duate Certificate in Museum Studies from the University of New Mexico. Nam
 ed by Southwest Contemporary as one of 12 New Mexico Artists to Know in 20
 20\, Begay is the recipient of the 2021-2022 Goodman Aspiring Artist Fello
 wship and works as a Public Information Officer with the Navajo Nation Div
 ision of Human Resources Administration in Window Rock\, Arizona.Hadley Je
 nsen’s research addresses the intersections among art\, anthropology\, and
  material culture. She is a Research Fellow in Southwest Modernism at the 
 Lunder Institute for American Art (2021-2022) and a Research Associate in 
 the Division of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History. He
 r current exhibition and book project\, Shaped by the Loom: Weaving Worlds
  in the American Southwest\, foregrounds the land-based and relational pra
 ctices of Navajo weaving. As a collaboration between Bard Graduate Center 
 and the American Museum of Natural History\, it will launch online in Spri
 ng 2022\, and at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe in Summer
  2023. In addition\, she has hands-on experience learning Indigenous weavi
 ng and natural dyeing practices\, which has strengthened and enlivened her
  work as an academic researcher\, curator\, and teacher.Co-sponsored by NY
 U Gallatin and Bard Graduate Center.Upcoming lectures in the Currents and 
 Protocols Series:Teresa Montoya on November 9Raven TwoFeathers November 23
 New York University and Gallatin provide accommodations to people living w
 ith disabilities who wish to attend events at the School\, whether in pers
 on or virtually. To request accommodations or should you have questions re
 garding accessibility for an event\, please contact Gallatin’s Office of S
 pecial Events by emailing gallatinevents@nyu.edu.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: 'A Map Is Not The Territory:' Documenting The
  Navajo Nation Through Visual Storytelling
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