Kyler Zeleny: Collective Identity, Personal Memory and Arriving at the Ukrainian-Canadian Homeplace скачать в хорошем качестве

Kyler Zeleny: Collective Identity, Personal Memory and Arriving at the Ukrainian-Canadian Homeplace

This is a recording of the public lecture given by a photographer, educator, and writer Dr. Kyler Zeleny at Kaffa Roaster and Studio. In his work he traces a decade-long exploration of the Canadian Prairies through his trilogy—Out West (2014), Crown Ditch & The Prairie Castle (2020), and the culminating Bury Me in the Back Forty (2025). Centering on his hometown of Mundare, Alberta—a Ukrainian-settler community in transition—the talk considers how photographs and interwoven texts can honor complexity without nostalgia or caricature on the Canadian Prairies. With a special focus on Bury Me in the Back Forty, Zeleny foregrounds themes of deviance and conformity, joy and tragedy, and the ethics of representing one’s own “homeplace.” He reflects on how Ukrainian prairie identities are negotiated across generations—what is carried forward, what is let go—and how belonging is inscribed in everyday life and landscape. Drawing from stories behind specific images and sequences across all three books, Zeleny offers a nuanced view of contemporary prairie life and the small-town futures being imagined in real time. Kule Folklore Centre - https://www.ualberta.ca/en/kule-folkl... Facebook:   / ukrfolk   Instagram:   / ukrfolk   250 Arts and Convocation Hall University of Alberta Edmonton, AB T6G 2E6 [email protected] See our upcoming events here: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/kule-folkl...