Indigenous Poetics Lab: Wander & Wonder Writing Workshop with Måsi Santos

The workshop, facilitated by Måsi Santos (Chamoru, Luta yan Guåhan), presents a guided excursion throughout the UC Berkeley campus that features multiple landmarks as sites of inspiration for land-based writing and artistic expression. Open to all UC Berkeley students, staff, and faculty regardless of writing experience, medium, and expression; whether you're new to writing - or a seasoned writer, a poet, an essayist, a performer, a painter, etc. - this workshop is sure to provide prompts and inspiration for creative expression that is guided by the history of the land on which UC Berkeley sits and from which we all are able to thrive as artists and academics. Participants will meet at the Arts Research Center before heading out on the walk.

Materials: Please bring with you a notebook, journal, or whatever instrument/medium you prefer to work with throughout the workshop. If you do not have a notebook or journal, one can be provided for you.
Registration: 10 participants max, please register your attendance through the link provided.

BIO: Måsi Santos (she/her) is an Indigenous Pacific Islander (Chamoru) from the Mariana Islands in Micronesia, specifically Luta and Guåhan. She received a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and a master’s degree in English (Linguistics emphasis) from the Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), and is a PhD student in the Berkeley Linguistics Department. As a speaker of her Indigenous language (Chamoru), she is a staunch advocate for reclamation and revitalization of Indigenous languages in her homelands and worldwide through academic scholarship and, most importantly, creative expressions, e.g. poetry, prose, play-/screenwriting, performance, etc.

This workshop is presented by the Arts Research Center through it's Indigenous Poetics Lab, and is supported by the Dean's Office of the Divition of Arts & Humanities.