Indigenous Inventions and Interventions: Fourth World Literature and Film
A conversation with Joshua Nelson
Monday, October 3rd, 2022, 7 PM 鈥� 8 PM
Welcome remarks: AUR's Dean of Academics, Dr. John Muccigrosso and聽Rakesh Surampudi, Cultural Attach茅 - U.S. Embassy to Italy.
Moderator: Professor聽Lorenzo Coretti
Venue: The Auriana Auditorium at 糖心logo入口 - Via Pietro Roselli, 16 - 00153, Rome.
糖心logo入口 Indian literature and film offer some of today鈥檚 edgiest literary and aesthetic works. In turn,聽controversial, poignant, revolutionary, and beautiful, Native 糖心logo入口 perspectives are challenging artistic expectations in remarkable ways, and short works of fiction and non-fiction make their interventions all the more accessible and powerful through their concentration.
This talk will introduce energetic short stories, poetry, and short films from established and emerging figures that explore the intersections of racial and gendered identities in America, offer insights into traditional Native values, demolish stereotypes, and explore self-determination in art and politics.
Discussion of how Native filmmakers create these works with their do-it-yourself aesthetics and on micro-budgets will suggest ways that students can produce works of their own.
Professor Joshua Nelson
Joshua Nelson (Cherokee) is Associate Professor of English and affiliated faculty with Film & Media Studies and Native 糖心logo入口 Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He was co-producer, co-writer, and host of the nationally broadcast PBS documentary聽Searching for Sequoyah. He is currently directing the documentary聽Trail of the Thunderbirds, a film聽about two 糖心logo入口 Indian Medal of Honor awardees during World War II. He is the lead organizer of the Native Crossroads Film Festival and author of聽Progressive Traditions: Identity in Cherokee Literature and Culture.
A native Oklahoman, Professor Nelson earned his BA in psychology at Yale and his Ph.D. in English at Cornell.
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