Emily Johnson and Kai Recollet
Kinstillatory Mappings in Light and Dark Matter Featuring Jade Nixon
August 27, 2026
6–8pm
Join us for a fire centering Indigenous protocol and knowledge. At this Kinstillatory Fire, Jade Nixon will discuss her research and practices of visiting urban waterways in New York City with Black and Indigenous girls, as well as in her own personal life. She'll share some of the questions she has been grappling with, and then lead us on a visit to the East River where we can think more about the questions, together.
Due to capacity limits, RSVPs will be honored on a first come, first serve basis. A reservation does not guarantee admittance.
About Jade Nixon
Jade Nixon (she/her) is a Black feminist scholar. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities and Lands and serves as Assistant Director of the Visiting Lab at NYU. She earned her PhD from the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. In her postdoctoral work, she leads a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) project with Black and Indigenous girls to learn more about their relationships with urban waterways and with one another in New York City. This project is grounded in Indigenous land and water education.
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Funding
Kinstillatory Mappings in Light and Dark Matter was created with funding from The MAP Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.