This gathering will examine how photography shaped the ecological and racial narratives that enabled colonialism in the American West. This Study Day will reconfigure our approach to photographs of Indigenous peoples and the environment through art historical and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Speakers

María Beatriz H. Carrión

Terra Fellow in American Photography, Rijksmuseum

Ph.D. Candidate in Art History, CUNY Graduate Center

Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie

Professor of Native American Studies, University of California, Davis

Elizabeth Hutchinson

Associate Professor of American Art History, Barnard College/Columbia University

Jolene Rickard

Associate Professor of Art History, Cornell University

Discussion & Q&A

Moderator Dr. Henrietta Lidchi

Head of Research and Collections, National Museum of World Cultures