Panelists and organizers from the “Making Space: Asian Heritage Month” project. UBC Sociology Assistant Professor Amanda Cheong on the far right.
In May, UBC’s Public Humanities Hub partnered with the Museum of Vancouver and Heritage Vancouver Society to co-host the public event, “Making Space: Asian Heritage Month.”
From 2020-2023, the Museum of Vancouver hosted the exhibition “A Seat at the Table”. Now travelling to Cumberland, B.C. and launching in summer 2023, this exhibition celebrates Chinese Canadian Heritage identities and experiences through the lens of food and restaurant culture. In this “Making Space” event, the Museum asks what it has learned from the exhibition, and how it can continue to work with Asian Canadian Communities in the future. In the context of curatorial practices and beyond, how can cultural institutions intentionally make space for the responsibilities and reciprocities of representation?
Four individuals and activists who are working for their communities in mindful and intersectional ways through cultural food justice sat on the panel, with UBC Sociology Assistant Professor Amanda Cheong as a guest speaker. This event was made possible in part by the Community Engagement Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) Fund.
