Sherry Farrell-Racette
Research Interests
- First Nations and Métis history and art history
- Indigenous knowledge and pedagogy
- Contemporary Indigenous art
- Photography,
- Film
- Collections-based research in museums and curatorial practices
- First Nations and Métis traditional arts,
- Issues of representation and self-representation
- Feminist, Indigenous and creative research methodologies
Sherry Farrell Racette is an interdisciplinary scholar with an active arts and curatorial practice. Her work is grounded in story: stories of people, stories that objects tell, painting stories, telling stories and finding stories. She has done extensive work in archives and museum collections with an emphasis on retrieving women’s voices and recovering knowledge. Most recently she was cross-appointed to the Departments of Native Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Manitoba. Farrell Racette also had an extensive career in Saskatchewan education, working at SUNTEP Regina (GDI), First Nations University of Canada, and the University of Regina. She remains committed to experiential learning and Indigenous pedagogies.