Our friends over at Confluence are working in collaboration with the Wapato Valley School and many other organizations to launch a project that aims to transform identities and relationships through place-based, experiential education. For those unfamiliar with Confluence, their organization works to connect people to place and each other through art and education.
Learn more about these courses which focus on place, the history of the Northwest, identity and the environment. All of the courses will take place at sites of cultural or geological significance and provide opportunities to learn more about this land and to reflect on what it means to live where we do and with all that has come before us. If you are interested to learn more about these topics, to explore your identity in relationship to place, to reflect on the history of colonization and connect all of this to contemporary social and environmental justice issues then check out these exciting offerings.
- Session 1
Title: Our Relationship to Place: Two Perspectives on the Columbia River
Time: August 22, 2015 from 12:00-5:00 PM
Field Sites: Fort Vancouver and Ridgefield/Cathlapotle Village
Cost: $ 25 – 75 / person
Register for Our Relationship to Place: Two Perspectives on the Columbia River - Session 2
Title: Transformations on the Columbia: Contact, Colonization and Decolonization
Time: August 30, 2015 from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Field Sites: The Dalles Dam and Celilo Park
Cost: $ 40 – 120 / person
Register for Transformations on the Columbia: Contact, Colonization and Decolonization
The Self Select Courses are designed to be flexible and allow you to make varied commitments of time, money and energy. As part of these courses you will attend an introductory class session before choosing the times and themes that are specifically engaging to you and work for your schedule. They also allow you to take multiple courses which build on each other and deepen your exploration of the course themes.