Co-sponsored by the UBC Centre for Migration Studies Narratives Group.
[Abstract ]
As part of UBC’s Narratives Research Group’s 2021/22 Lectu re Series on Indigenous Presence and Representation in European Stud ies\, co-organized by Elizabeth Nijdam and Markus Hallensleben\, this will be the second of two panels on Radical Diversity featuring Berlin-based writers Max Czollek and Mohame d Amjahid\, this time in conversation with Indigenous filmmaker Jules Koost achin and LGBTQ+ Support Worker Kristi Pinderi who immigrated from Albania. They will talk about human rights and gender politics\, integration and di versity issues\, as well as the significance of Indigenous documentary prac tices based on storytelling.
[Bios]
Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin is a n InNiNew IsKwew (Swampy Cree woman) and a band member of Attawapi skat First Nation located in what is now called northern Ontario. Jules wa s raised by her Cree speaking grandparents in Moosonee\, as well as in Otta wa with her mother\, a residential school warrior. She is a graduate of Co ncordia University’s Theatre program and Ryerson University’s Documentary M edia Master’s program. In 2010\, Jules was awarded an Award of Distinct ion and an Academic Gold Medal for her thesis documentary film Rem embering Inninimowin. She is the mother of four incredible sons\, a p ublished writer\, performance artist\, an academic and an award-winning fil mmaker. She completed her PhD with the Institute of Gender\, Race\, Sexual ity\, and Social Justice program at the University of British Columbia and her research focuses on Indigenous documentary practices. Jules is represe nted by The Characters Talent and Lucas Talent in Vancouv er\, and she is the voice of Layla (Molly’s mom) on the award-winning anima ted series Molly of Denali. Jules has also been actively working with Indigenous community supporting women and children who face barriers.< /p>
Kristi Pinderi is a tireless campaigner for gay rights and co-founder of both ProLGBT and The Alliance Against Discrimination\, the two major LGBTI organizations in Albania. He is the author of a documentary on the history of the LGBT movem ent in Albania\, while he has published “1997”\, a memoir detailing violenc e endured while coming of age. Kristi has been featured\, interviewed\, or referred in several international media like: Le Monde\, NBC\, Vice News\, Reuters\, ARTE (Germany)\, Amnesty International Pres s\, etc. Kristi has a bachelor’s degree in History and Archaeology (UT )\, an Associate Degree in Family Studies from Langara College\, and he is doing his Bachelor of Social Work at UBC. In 2017 he was forced to leave hi s country\, together with is partner. He now leads “Together Now” a support group for LGBTQ newcomers in Vancouver’s Lower Mainland and offers one on one support services to LGBTQ+ newcomers\, as part of a unique service laun ched by DIVERSEcity and supported by IRCC. He sits on various boards\, stee ring committees\, and working groups on LGBTQ+ issues in British Columbia\, and is an outspoken defender of the rights of refugees in Canada.
Mohamed Amjahid was born as the son of so-called gues
t workers in Frankfurt am Main in 1988. He attended school in Morocco until
he graduated from high school. He studied political science in Berlin and
Cairo and conducted research on various anthropological projects in North A
frica. During his studies\, he worked as a journalist for taz\, Frankfurter
Rundschau and Deutschlandfunk. After completing his master's degree\, Amja
hid worked as a trainee at the Tagesspiegel in Berlin. Afterwards he worked
as a political reporter for the weekly newspaper Die Zeit and Zeit Magazin
. He is currently working on several new book projects. Anthropologically a
nd journalistically\, he focuses on human rights\, equality and upheaval in
the USA\, Europe\, the Middle East and North Africa. On Twitter he writes
under the handle @mamjahid\,
on Instagram @m
_amjahid.
Max Czollek is a poet\, p
ublicist and political scientist. He received his doctorate from the Center
for Research on Anti-Semitism at the Technische Universität Berlin and is
particularly well known for his theatrical and essayistic work surrounding
memory culture\, integration and Jewish identity in post-war Germany. Theat
ers works include De-Integration. A Congress on contemporary Je
wish positions and the Days of Radical Jewish Culture a
t Maxim Gorki Theater as well as the international Days of Jewi
sh-Muslim Hegemony. His essays Desintegriert Euch!(Disi
ntegrate!) and Gegenwartsbewältigung (Overcoming the Presen
t) are published with Carl Hanser Verlag\, his collections of poetry at Ver
lagshaus Berlin. He is co-editor of the magazine Jalta - Positi
onen zur jüdischen Gegenwart. (Y).
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