We are so close to turning 40 now, that the past and the present are beginning to blur. So, this weekend we have a video from the very recent past and a reminder of an event in the very near future.
If you missed this past Tuesday’s knitting and storytelling event, watch along to see the beautiful knitting patterns that were being brought to life at the fourth Yarns and Yarns: a hybrid event which we co-hosted with the Institute of Northern Studies at the University of the Highlands and Islands (Shetland, Scotland). Initiated by the Arctic Island Studies Research (NAISR) Thematic Network of the University of the Arctic, Yarns and Yarns has happened before in St. John’s, NL, Uist in Scotland, and in Iceland. There were so many things we learned about island life from the stories that Cheryl Wartman and Kim Doherty Smith shared from Prince Edward Island. And, as Lynda Harling Stalker, who joined us from Antigonish (Nova Scotia), reminded us online, knitting has so much to do with agency, especially when we think about women knitting on islands.
Fishing mittens aside, join us this coming Tuesday at 7 pm on the UPEI campus for our last lecture of 2024. Recent Master of Arts in Island Studies graduate and lobster fisher Marlene Chapman’s talk is titled “How adaptive is the PEI lobster fishery? An exploration of climate change and the social structures influencing the local fishery.” More details here: Island Lecture Series.
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