Vancouver’s Museum of Anthropology combines earthquake science with Indigenous knowledge GlobeBC
The museum is undergoing structural upgrades to help protect the Great Hall in the event of an earthquake, and this provided an opportune time to launch an interactive exhibit of these natural disasters. The museum is preparing for a full shutdown of the hall this spring.The upgrade is part of the museum’s preparation to preserve the building and cultural heritage. The exhibit’s co-curator, Jill Baird, says this is what inspired the curation of Shake Up.
Shake Up incorporates multimedia installations, contemporary First Nations art and cultural pieces. One multimedia installation includes a documentary film, featuring Haida artist Kwiaahwah Jones, Hesquiaht artist A-nii-sa-put , and Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw artist Gigaemi . They share Indigenous knowledge about earthquakes and tsunamis. For A-nii-sa-put and Gigaemi, this knowledge was passed down from their families. But for Kwiaahwah, she immersed herself in the cultural heritage of her people.
On Earthquakes and Cultures is another multimedia installation, which displays seven interviews on a vertical screen in the middle of the exhibition. Earth scientists say the Pacific Coast is due for the “Big One," a mega-earthquake of a magnitude of 9 or greater. But no one is sure when it will arrive.
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