Without Consent:Mining in Neskantaga's Ancestral Homelands

A film screening and Panel Discussion co-hosted by Forensic Architecture and The BREAK—DOWN.

Join us the 21st of October for the launch of the latest Forensic Architecture investigation "Without Consent: Mining in Neskantaga's ancestral Homelands" at Close-Up Film Centre in London.

Wednesday, 21 October

7:00 pm: Arrivals

7:30 - 9:00 pm: Screening of Investigation and Panel Discussion

9:00-10:00 pm: Drinks and Departures

Close-Up Cinema, E1 6HR

The Panel Discussion will be broadcasted live by Montez Press Radio.

About the project:

For two decades, Neskantaga First Nation has opposed mining in the 'Ring of Fire', a region of northern Ontario, Canada, rich in minerals. Federal and provincial governments have dismissed the harm this development would cause to Indigenous lands and have denied Neskantaga's jurisdiction over its own lands and waters.

Forensic Architecture worked with Neskantaga and Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism to document that jurisdiction along the route of a planned mining access road. Drawing on interviews with elders and land users, community mapping, remote sensing and spatial analysis, the investigation traces Neskantaga's historic relation to the land. The resulting maps show that extractive infrastructure is planned on top of a dense ecological and cultural fabric.

About the event:

On the occasion of the launch of "Without Consent: Mining in Neskantaga's Ancestral Homelands", which builds on Resistance on the Attawapiskat, a collation of field notes by researchers Omar Ferwati and Nessie Nankivell published in the FRONTIERS issue of The BREAK—DOWN, we gather to discuss research methodology in service of resistance on the ground, asking how we can use our tools to support struggles against the devastation of climate, communities and ecosystems, both within northern Ontario and throughout the world.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion between Omar Ferwati (FA), Nessie Nankivell (IBE) and more more guests TBC.