Vol. 8, No. 4 / Reviews & ReflectionsBuilding KinshipsFear and Care for the Fate of the World reviewedBy S F HoImage credit: Bruce Ray. Fear and Care for the Fate of the World December 20, 2020 – December 22, 2020 Artists: Afuwa, BUSH Gallery, aly de la cruz yip, Chandra Melting Tallow, and Cecily Nicholson, Mercedes Eng, Hari Alluri, and June …

Vol. 8, No. 4 / Initiatives#MovingVancouverFwdVancouver Culture/Shift funding revisitedBy Conner Singh VanderBeekAli Kazimi, Fair Play (Wing Sang)©Share ArticleEditor’s Note: This article is a part of Rungh’s Primary Colours Initiative. Rungh was one of the member organizations of two Host Your Own Engagement events as a part of the Culture/Shift engagement process in 2018. On November 24, 2020, a press brief …

Vol. 8, No. 4 / FictionThe Send OffShort Story by M. G. VassanjiBy M.G. VassanjiFrom “The Send Off” in What You Are by M.G. Vassanji (Doubleday Canada, 2021). Copyright © 2021 M. G. Vassanji. With permission of the author.Share ArticleIn the evenings after dinner the five of us would gather around her in the living room. We were Firoz, the …

Vol. 8, No. 3 / Reviews & ReflectionsMeditations on SolitudeManahil Bandukwala and Conyer Clayton’s Sprawl reviewedBy Phinder DulaiSprawl – the time it took us to forget Manahil Bandukwala and Conyer Clayton Collusion Books, 2020.Share ArticleWhen you think of the word sprawl you are immediately inundated with images of landscapes turned into suburbs with little thought in civic planning. As a …

Vol. 8, No. 3 / ConversationsA Rush of LanguageLarissa Lai reflects on Iron Goddess of MercyRebecca Peng in e-conversation with Larissa LaiSun Xun, Mythology or Rebellious Bone, 2020 (detail), ink, gold leaf, natural colour pigment on paper. Courtesy of the Artist and ShanghART Gallery. Images courtesy of the Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition “Sun Xun: Mythological Time” (February 20, 2021 – September 6, …

Vol. 8, No. 3 / ColumnsVisiting IndigenousUnderstanding Indigenous IdentityBy David GarneauIndigenous Research Methodology (I). Acrylic on masonite 40 cm x 50 cm 2019.Share ArticleA decade ago, Losang Samten, a former Tibetan monk, came to the University of Regina to build a sand mandala and share Buddhist teachings. We chatted at an informal gathering. He had just spent the day with …

Summoning the ghosts of history and politics, Iron Goddess of Mercy explores the complexities of identity through the lens of rage and empowerment.

Vol. 8, No. 2 / Reviews & ReflectionsDid Indigenous Paddlers Smuggle Food to the Komagata Maru?By Ali KazimiRungh has republished this article from The Conversation to keep track of a conversation which is developing around the “Komagata Maru Mural Project: Taike-sye’yə.”A new mural depicts Indigenous paddlers taking food to passengers on the legendary ship Komagata Maru that was denied entry to …

Vol. 8, No. 3 / InitiativesTrue Both to History, and to SolidarityBy Hugh Johnston, Ali Kazimi and Anne MurphyImmigration Officer keeps watch from the Sea Lion (Photo: Library and Archives Canada).Share ArticleEditor’s Note: This article is a part of the Komagata Maru: Pasts, Presents and Futures Initiative in Rungh.This year that has passed has been, and that which has begun …

Vol. 8, No. 2 / ConversationsMovements and Practices of Land Back/ land backConversations which reflectBy Zoe-Blue Coates and Joy NgendaLand Back October 9, 2020 to January 16, 2021 Open Space Songhees and Esquimalt Nations/ Victoria, BC Featuring Artists: Nicole Neidhardt, Lacie Burning, Chandra Melting Tallow, and Whess Harmon. Curated by Eli Hirtle.Share ArticleIntroductionIn this review/ conversations/ transcript, we wish to …