Author: Nicole Seymour

  • How Wendy Red Star Decolonizes the Museum with Humor and Play

    How Wendy Red Star Decolonizes the Museum with Humor and Play

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    Salma Monani

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    Nicole Seymour

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    “When talking about Indigenous history you can just devastate yourself,” says Apsáalooke artist Wendy Red Star. “And so, humor has been a way for me to cope with that.” Drawing from an original interview with the artist, Nicole Seymour and Salma Monani examine how Red Star uses humor, play, and collaboration to subvert museum stereotypes…

  • Citation in the #MeToo Era

    Citation in the #MeToo Era

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    Nicole Seymour

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    An ecocritic had just finished a book chapter on Sherman Alexie’s poetry when accusations about his sexual misconduct went viral last spring. She asks if environmental humanities scholars should continue to engage with the work of abusers, and why certain writers and scholars come to dominate our archives in the first place.