Exploring the complex histories of agrarian settlement in Ontario, an artist project by sean procyk invites local publics to work with him to reimagine the function of the traditional timber barn. Reflecting on how settlement and settler-colonialism have paved the way for regimes of land use that lead to disturbance-based ecologies, this program pulls resource management, environmental education, and suburban identity into conversation with each other. The central program activity will involve collectively assembling a pop-up presentation and learning space using reclaimed barn timbers. Following the assembly of the learning space, sean procyk will be in conversation with Matthew Wilkinson, historian at Heritage Mississauga, about regional environmental histories, agriculture, and settler-colonialism.

Presented as part of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge public programming series, part of The Work of Wind: Air, Land, Sea.