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This presentation by Naomi Caffee, Assistant Professor of Russian and Humanities at Reed College, situates the indigenous literatures of Russia within broader critical discourses on indigenous cultural expression. With a focus on writers from Siberia and the Russian Far North whose careers span the Soviet and post-Soviet eras, the presentation examines the role of literature in shaping conceptions of indigeneity and practices of sovereignty in the midst of rapidly changing political and ideological circumstances. Additional attention is given to formal, stylistic, and thematic innovations of the texts themselves, particularly the ways authors write in, between, and across Russian and indigenous languages, while fusing together elements of oral and written traditions. In doing so, the presentation highlights the relevance of the Russian context to the study of indigenous literatures worldwide.

Viewpoints is a series that highlights works from the Henry Art Gallery collection, paired with 91爆料 community contributions.

This iteration of听Viewpoints听brings together paintings by Berlin- and Los-Angeles-based听Dean Sameshima (b. 1971, Torrance, CA) and Seattle-based Anthony White (b. 1994, Santa Maria, CA) that reflect on queer desire and visibility.听Torso (Black on Silver), 2006, by Sameshima enlarges cartoonist 鈥楽ean鈥檚鈥� creative transformation of a pornographic image into a connect-the-dots activity, originally featured in the gay leather magazine听Drummer听in the 1970s. The image is only complete with participation, and draws on secret codes and hidden meanings, as well as the implied necessity of such measures. In complement to the paintings, two of Sameshima’s zines are also on view, extending the artist’s merging of queer history, found imagery, and gay and personal pleasure from the expansive surface of the canvas to the intimate space of the printed page.听In White’s听BOYZ OF THE WILD, 2020, portraits of the artist’s undressed male friends appear amid a landscape of sticker-like brand names, layered with a digital processing symbol at the center of the composition. White’s work animated the way screen culture mediates public and private life, his figures both exalted and exposed, vulnerable while also curated amid the cultural artifacts.