Congratulations Dr. Jess Hallenbeck on SSHRC Insight Development Grant

We Have Stories: Film as a Method for Decolonial Curation (Dr. Kate Hennessy, co-applicant) sets the stage for the development of decolonial curatorial practices for the confirmed exhibition at the Yellowhouse Art Centre in partnership with the Access to Media Education Society on Galiano Island, British Columbia. This research builds on an ongoing collaboration between Hallenbeck and Sahtu Dene and Coast Salish storyteller Rosemary Georgeson to co-develop decolonial methodologies for the multimodal sharing of Indigenous women’s connections to fish, water, and family along the Salish Sea. This research draws on Hallenbeck’s experience as a documentary filmmaker and community planner with expertise in community-based and collaborative approaches to film creation and knowledge mobilization.

Dr. Jessica Hallenbeck (PhD, RPP) is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Making Culture Lab at SIAT. An award-winning scholar and internationally recognized filmmaker, Hallenbeck’s multimodal research lies at the intersection of collaborative and decolonial methodologies, filmmaking, and critical Indigenous studies. She is the co-founder of Lantern Films, where she works to support the creation of process-focused, critically important, and visually compelling documentary films. Recent productions include Behind the Façade: Untold Stories of BC Buildings, now airing on BC’s Knowledge Network. The series features ten award-winning short films including: Nuxalk Radio (Dir. Banchi Hanuse), Have you forgotten me? (Dir. Baljit Sangra), Happytime Social Club (Dir.Dave Rodden-Shortt) and The Train Station and the Tomahawk (Dir. Lyana Patrick) and Ode to a Seafaring People (Dir.Joella Cabalu). Hallenbeck also sits on the sits on the Boards of DOC BC and DOC National and is of Ashkenazi Jewish Hungarian, Irish, and Dutch descent.

JESSICA HALLENBECK | WE HAVE STORIES: FILM AS A METHOD FOR DECOLONIAL CURATION | SSHRC INSIGHT DEVELOPMENT GRANT
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