January 29, 2021-Inspiration and Adaptation: Nancy Lord & Jennifer Norton

How do artists and writers share truthful stories about fictions staged in Alaska? American physician and explorer, Frederick Cook claimed to have discovered the North Pole in 1908. But who was “discovered" and what was suppressed in this story?   What are doctrines of discovery and what role do Alaska artists and writers and arts organizations today play in resisting colonialism through the works we create and promote?  How might the work of artists today in exposing doctrines of discovery play into rising social justice movement particularly in Alaska? more.