Quentin's Weeknotes 1/31/21-02/6/21

This Week:

• The Yager Museum screened “Mohawk” a wonderfully role-reversed supernatural action movie, where the protagonists are Haudeonsaunee Iroquois on the run from American invaders during the war of 1812. It’s got an amazing cast of White and Native actors, and was filmed in consultation with the Skä•noñh - Great Law of Peace Center. Leaving all that aside, the movie is a fun, violent romp, beautifully shot and well acted.
• I continued work on some complicated material culture research with the collections.
• I enjoyed this episode of the Choral Fixation podcast, connecting up the Tik-Tok sea shanty craze with legendary folksinger Stan Rogers.
• I read the first volume of Rob Kirkman’s Invincible, and enjoyed it quite a bit–one step up from the usual “Superheroes are real people” deconstruction that’s been in vogue for the last three decades.