Upcoming - Champlain Colloquium, Carleton U, Ottawa - Sept 19-20

Upcoming - Champlain Colloquium, Carleton U, Ottawa
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Champlain Colloquium

September 19 - 20, 2013
Location: Fenn Lounge, Residence Commons
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON
**Bilingual Conference

The Champlain in theAnishinabe Aki : History and Memory of an Encounter
Colloquium
– September 19 & 20
Fenn Lounge, Residence Commons, Carleton University (parking, lot P6)This
two-day colloquium will bring together scholars, community heritage
activists, and cultural policy makers to consider the place of Samuel de
Champlain in collective memory. The 400th anniversary of Champlain's
arrival in the Ottawa-Gatineau area provides the occasion for this
gathering. It will provide an opportunity to reflect on the local
celebrations attending this anniversary while placing them in the context
of representations of Champlain in Canadian collective consciousness more
generally. As Champlain's journey up the Ottawa (Outaouais/Kichi Sibi)
River in 1613 marked an early milestone in the relationship between
European and
Anishinabeg or Algonquin peoples, this gathering will also problematize
the use of the French explorer as a point of entry into questions of early
contact between First Nations and European cultures in the Americas.
Historians of memory have long been fascinated by how disparate social
groups with different perspectives on the past negotiate the meaning of
commemorative events. The Champlain anniversary offers a dramatic case
study of this phenomenon stemming from the fundamental disparity between
Aboriginal perspectives on the event and those of Euro-Canadian
communities. While the latter groups have by and large initiated this
commemoration because they saw the arrival of a famous European explorer
and the Father of New France as something to celebrate, Aboriginal peoples
have tended to view this historical moment as the beginning of centuries
of cultural, economic and political conflict that would threaten their
very survival as a people. Yet the anniversary of Champlain's visit
offered at the same time an opportunity to raise awareness in the broader
community of its impact on First Nations and to make known the aboriginal
perspective. For this reason, Aboriginal participation is fundamental to
the purpose of the colloquium and a prerequisite for its success.The
colloquium will serve as part of the wrap-up of festivities that will take
place in the Ottawa-Gatineau region over the spring and summer of 2013 to
mark the anniversary of Champlain's passage up the Ottawa River. It will
include representatives of voluntary and government organizations from the
national capital region who, by this time, will have been working together
on the Champlain
commemoration for the previous eighteen months. The participation of these
drivers of commemoration in this after-the-fact reflection and analysis
represents a unique feature of this event. Participants will also include
local academics who have been involved in the process from the start, as
well as scholars from further afield with a special expertise on
Champlain, his time, and how he is remembered elsewhere. The interaction
of those with direct and intense experience of a recent local
commemoration with others knowledgeable about similar phenomena elsewhere
promises to yield fruitful and productive discussion. By capturing
information and generating knowledge about Aboriginal-European contact in
the region and the contemporary politics of its commemoration, this event
will inform pedagogy,
research, and future collaborative projects in the region, ensuring that the
public resources and community efforts invested in the Champlain 400th
have an enduring legacy.The keynote event will be a round table on the
legacy of
Champlain, between an Aboriginal expert, a French and a Canadian historian
of New France, held at the Museum of Civilization at the end of the first
day. This will be followed by the inauguration of a sound and light
installation at the statue of Champlain at Point Nepean.

This website will serve as a platform for preliminary
exchanges, and the collection and the preparation of didactic material,
exhibitions and creations. A collection of the best scholarly papers will
be
prepared for publication by a university press.

Program :
http://champlaincolloquium.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/mon-16-final-program-champlain-colloquium-english.pdf


Fenn Lounge, Residence Commons, Carleton University (parking, lot P6)Le
colloque «Champlain dans l' Anishinabe Aki: histoire et mémoire d'une
rencontre » , qui se tiendra sur deux jours, le 19 & 20 septembre, réunira
des chercheurs, des intervenants patrimoniaux et des gestionnaires de
politique culturelle. En ce 400e anniversaire du premier voyage de
Champlain dans la Région de la Capitale nationale, ils réfléchiront à la
place de Champlain dans la mémoire collective et aux célébrations
soulignant cet anniversaire, tout en replaçant celles-ci dans l'histoire
des représentations de Champlain. La remontée de la rivière des Outaouais
(Kichi Sibi) par Champlain en 1613 constitue à la fois un tournant majeur
dans les relations entre Européens et Anishhinabeg ou Algonquins
(histoire) et une porte d'entrée dans l'univers fascinant de la mémoire
collective. En effet,
les historiens de la mémoire sont depuis longtemps fascinés par la façon
dont différents groupes sociaux qui ont des perpectives différentes sur le
passé, négocient la signification des événements commémoratifs. Le
400eanniversaire de Champlain en Ontario en offre un exemple dramatique,
les perspectives des autochtones et des Euro-canadiens étant à l'opposé
l'une de l'autre. Pour les premiers, l'arrivée de Champlain dans
l'Outaouais représente le début de conflits culturels, économiques et
politiques multiséculaires pour leur survie, alors que les derniers
veulent célébrer le « père de la Nouvelle-France ». Toutefois,
l'anniversaire de Champlain est une occasion de faire prendre conscience à
la population de l'impact de son passage dans l'Outaouais sur les
autochtones et de faire connaître leurs perspectives sur l'événement.
C'est pour cette raison que la participation d'intervenants autochtones au
colloque est fondamentale.Le colloque
va boucler une série d'activités soulignant le 400eanniversaire du passage
de Champlain dans la Région de la Capitale nationale. Il donnera la parole
aux représentants de diverses organisations communautaires et
gouvernementales qui auront depuis dix-huit mois travaillé à la
commémoration de la rencontre entre Champlain et les Algonquins. Le
colloque est unique en ce qu'il leur permettra de réfléchir à leurs
pratiques commémoratives. Le colloque incluera aussi des universitaires de
la région ainsi que des spécialistes de l'extérieur. L'interaction entre
des personnes ayant pris part aux commémorations locales et des personnes
qui ont analysé des phénomènes semblables ailleurs constitue une promesse
d'une discussion productive.