Lydia Toorenburgh
Program
MA student
Supervisor
Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier
Themes
Culture, health and inequality
Space, place, knowledge and power
Visual anthropology and materiality
Tansi, my name is Lydia. I am an Otipemisiwak (Cree-Métis person) from my mother's side and a first-generation Dutch immigrant on my father's side. I recently completed my Honours degree in Anthropology at UVic under the supervision of Dr. Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier with a Minor in Indigenous Studies.
As part of my mission to decolonize and indigenize anthropology that effects Indigenous people, in my Honour's thesis, “Nitawâhtâw” Searching for a Métis Approach to Audio-Visual Anthropology: Cultural, Linguistic, and Ethical Considerations, I explored how audio-visual ethnographic methods could be used in Indigenous research, especially how I could employ them in the context of a Métis epistemology.
With the completion of the ground work, I am ready to bring these methods into practice in my graduate work in order to amplify and prioritize the voices of the community. Dr. Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier brings a wealth of knowledge in the development and implementation of these anthropological methods while I incorporate Indigenous knowledges and culture. Together, we will be pursuing research concerning health, marginalization, and resilience.
As part of my mission to decolonize and indigenize anthropology that effects Indigenous people, in my Honour's thesis, “Nitawâhtâw” Searching for a Métis Approach to Audio-Visual Anthropology: Cultural, Linguistic, and Ethical Considerations, I explored how audio-visual ethnographic methods could be used in Indigenous research, especially how I could employ them in the context of a Métis epistemology.
With the completion of the ground work, I am ready to bring these methods into practice in my graduate work in order to amplify and prioritize the voices of the community. Dr. Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier brings a wealth of knowledge in the development and implementation of these anthropological methods while I incorporate Indigenous knowledges and culture. Together, we will be pursuing research concerning health, marginalization, and resilience.