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Rita Wong Interview 3: Clip 3
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Water, Education, Government Intervention, Re/development
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2018-02-01
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Rita Wong talks about the relationships between bodies and land and her uncertainty regarding the term 'activist.' She also discusses the importance of naming as a way of generating empathy and education, specifically as this relates to the Site C Dam / the Peace River Dam.
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Rita Wong Interview 4: Clip 4
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Water, Education, economy, Environmental Degradation, Colonisation
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2018-02-01
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Rita Wong discusses the disconnect between electricity consumption and generation in BC, specifically how Vancouver and other Southern populations receive electricity at the expense of Northern Indigenous communities.She lambastes the provincial government's lack of educating non-indigenous populations about the environmental consequences of prior dams and the proposed Site C / Peace River Dam. However, Wong does acknowledge the city of Vancouver's efforts to generate electricity and other resources locally.
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Rita Wong Interview 1: Clip 1
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Water, Solidarity, Community, Embodiment
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2018-02-01
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Rita Wong discusses her activist work as a water guardian and how her beliefs in reciprocity and interconnections between humans and land resources inform her activism. She speaks about the motivations behind her involvement with water preservation.
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Rita Wong Interview 2: Clip 2
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Water, Poetic Intervention, Culture, Preservation, Embodiment
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2018-02-01
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Rita Wong explains that she hopes to foster empathy and generate cultural change through her poetry.
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Rita Wong Reading: "Declaration of Intent" from Undercurrent
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liminality, Water, Sustainability
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2018-02-01
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Rita Wong reads her poem "Declaration of Intent" from her collection Undercurrent. This poem refutes colonial boundaries and maps, and instead prioritises the boundaries created by waterways above and below ground. Water is treated as a guide and a connection between human bodies and the often forgotten or abused environments.