Indigenous Poetics Lab

New Photos: Indigenous Poetics Lab: Zine Making Workshop with Sierra Edd

November 21, 2024

On November 15th, ARC hosted a zine-making workshop facilitated by Sierra Edd, that was open to both experienced and beginner zinesters of UC Berkeley. The workshop featured a step-by-step guided zine making tutorial and also offered a brief background to zine making and Indigenous storytelling through zines. Participants included undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty from across campus.

Edd is a Diné writer and artist who has been collaborating and working on zine projects (including...

Indigenous Poetics Lab: Zine Making Workshop with Sierra Edd

September 24, 2024
Indigenous Poetics Lab:
Zine Making Workshop with Sierra Edd Friday, Nov 15, 2024
10am – 12pm
Hearst Field Annex D23

Workshop has reached maximum registration as of 11/12!

20 people maximum, first-come first served registration

Open to UC Berkeley students, faculty, & staff

The workshop is free, all materials provided by the Arts Research Center

Please reserve a ticket to claim a space (reservations open...

Jake Skeets Poetry Reading & Craft Talk

October 6, 2022
Jake Skeets Craft Talk: The Memory Field in conversation with ARC Director Beth Piatote Thursday, October 6, 2022 4pm Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23

Co-presented by the Arts Research Center & the Berkeley English Dept with generous support from Engaging the Senses Foundation, Dr. and Mrs. Tom Colby, the UC Berkeley Library, the Morrison Library Fund, the Dean’s Office of the College of Letters and Science, and Poets & Writers, Inc. ​

Mother Language Day 2025

October 31, 2024
Mother Language Day Celebration Friday, Feb 21, 2025
10 – 11am
Hearst Field Annex D23

Indigenous Poetics Lab: Wander & Wonder Writing Workshop with Måsi Santos

September 26, 2024
Indigenous Poetics Lab:
Wander & Wonder Writing Workshop with Måsi Santos Friday, Oct 18, 2024 10am – 12pm Hearst Field Annex D23

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10 people maximum, first-come first served registration

FREE! Please reserve a ticket to claim a space (...

"The Golden Earring" by O'tkir Hoshimov, translated from Uzbek by Sabrina Jaszi

"The Golden Earring" is a chapter from Uzbek writer O'tkir Hoshimov’s popular memoir Dunyoning ishlari (Earthly things, 1982). Set in the years directly following World War II, Dunyoning ishlari is a linked collection of semi-fictionalized recollections—what today might be called autofiction. From superstition to neighbor drama, its setting has all the trappings of a remote village but is in fact a mahalla (neighborhood) in the capital’s old city. The lack of definition between city and countryside erodes socialist narratives of progress—even in Tashkent, the “showcase city” of...

IPL Fellowship

Art of Revitalization: Fellowships for Indigenous & Endangered Languages