2023/03/02

Lauren R. O’Connel Observes Land Acknowledgements Often Address Indigenous Communities as If They Are from the Past

● 02/03/2023
“Institutions make these standard statements, but oftentimes they address Indigenous communities as if they are from the past—when they are still present here today.”
– Curator Lauren R. O’Connel, on land acknowledgements. In conversation about the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) exhibition “Language in Times of Miscommunication,” she contrasts the signage-based “positive reinforcement” of Indigenous artist Anna Tsouhlarakis to the tone and subtext of (boilerplate) land acknowledgements.
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