We Are Together Now: Notes on the Film <i>Hoktiwe: Two Poems in Ishakkoy</i>

Artist and historian of the Atakapa-Ishak Nation, Jeffery Darensbourg’s 2020 film with Fernando López features poetry in Ishakkoy, an indigenous language from what is now southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas, composed during an artist residency at A Studio in the Woods. The companion essay shares...

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Main Author: Jeffery U. Darensbourg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Genealogy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/5/2/28
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description Artist and historian of the Atakapa-Ishak Nation, Jeffery Darensbourg’s 2020 film with Fernando López features poetry in Ishakkoy, an indigenous language from what is now southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas, composed during an artist residency at A Studio in the Woods. The companion essay shares some of the process of composing creative works in this language, and especially of writing centos, also known as patchwork or collage poems, during COVID-19 sequestration.
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spelling doaj.art-4201a4f43a62476fa5ad0eb6352eade22023-11-21T11:58:07ZengMDPI AGGenealogy2313-57782021-03-01522810.3390/genealogy5020028We Are Together Now: Notes on the Film <i>Hoktiwe: Two Poems in Ishakkoy</i>Jeffery U. Darensbourg0Enrolled Member Atakapa-Ishak Nation, New Orleans, LA 70119, USAArtist and historian of the Atakapa-Ishak Nation, Jeffery Darensbourg’s 2020 film with Fernando López features poetry in Ishakkoy, an indigenous language from what is now southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas, composed during an artist residency at A Studio in the Woods. The companion essay shares some of the process of composing creative works in this language, and especially of writing centos, also known as patchwork or collage poems, during COVID-19 sequestration.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/5/2/28Atakapa-IshakIshakkoylanguage reclamationindigenous poetryindigenous filmA Studio in the Woods
spellingShingle Jeffery U. Darensbourg
We Are Together Now: Notes on the Film <i>Hoktiwe: Two Poems in Ishakkoy</i>
Genealogy
Atakapa-Ishak
Ishakkoy
language reclamation
indigenous poetry
indigenous film
A Studio in the Woods
title We Are Together Now: Notes on the Film <i>Hoktiwe: Two Poems in Ishakkoy</i>
title_full We Are Together Now: Notes on the Film <i>Hoktiwe: Two Poems in Ishakkoy</i>
title_fullStr We Are Together Now: Notes on the Film <i>Hoktiwe: Two Poems in Ishakkoy</i>
title_full_unstemmed We Are Together Now: Notes on the Film <i>Hoktiwe: Two Poems in Ishakkoy</i>
title_short We Are Together Now: Notes on the Film <i>Hoktiwe: Two Poems in Ishakkoy</i>
title_sort we are together now notes on the film i hoktiwe two poems in ishakkoy i
topic Atakapa-Ishak
Ishakkoy
language reclamation
indigenous poetry
indigenous film
A Studio in the Woods
url https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/5/2/28
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