A photograph of showing the front museum with people protesting with a red and black sign. The black sign’s text reads “UNDER THE MUSEUM UNDER THE UNIVERSITY UNDER THE CITY”. The red one reads text that reads “THEY WANT THE ART, NOT THE PEOPLE”.

Land, Life, Liberation: Conversations with Decolonize This Place and Friends

Dates January 21.2021

A series of five conversations with Decolonize This Place and their friends, comrades, and collaborators, presented in conjunction with their initiative When We Breathe We Breathe Together hosted by the Art Gallery of Guelph from January 21 – April 25, 2021.

Taking its lead from the collective’s newly-released Decolonial Operations Manual, the series serves as the first step in building out When We Breathe We Breathe Together as a platform for organizing and action – not only taking stock of the multiple crises currently affecting the world of museums, but also thinking together about how movement initiatives can activate cultural institutions as sites of struggle and transformation.

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A photograph of showing the front museum with people protesting with a red and black sign. The black sign’s text reads “UNDER THE MUSEUM UNDER THE UNIVERSITY UNDER THE CITY”. The red one reads text that reads “THEY WANT THE ART, NOT THE PEOPLE”.

Part 1

A photograph of showing the front museum with people protesting with a red and black sign. The black sign’s text reads “UNDER THE MUSEUM UNDER THE UNIVERSITY UNDER THE CITY”. The red one reads text that reads “THEY WANT THE ART, NOT THE PEOPLE”.

Part 2

A photograph of showing the front museum with people protesting with a red and black sign. The black sign’s text reads “UNDER THE MUSEUM UNDER THE UNIVERSITY UNDER THE CITY”. The red one reads text that reads “THEY WANT THE ART, NOT THE PEOPLE”.

Part 3

A photograph of showing the front museum with people protesting with a red and black sign. The black sign’s text reads “UNDER THE MUSEUM UNDER THE UNIVERSITY UNDER THE CITY”. The red one reads text that reads “THEY WANT THE ART, NOT THE PEOPLE”.

Part 4

A photograph of showing the front museum with people protesting with a red and black sign. The black sign’s text reads “UNDER THE MUSEUM UNDER THE UNIVERSITY UNDER THE CITY”. The red one reads text that reads “THEY WANT THE ART, NOT THE PEOPLE”.

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