Listening to the Fur Trade | Saskatoon

University of Saskatchewan, Department of History, Room 104, Arts Building, 9 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A5
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Continuing his cross-country book tour, Daniel Laxer lands in Saskatoon, fiddle in hand, to discuss his book.

In Listening to the Fur Trade, Daniel Laxer unearths traces of music, performance, and other intangible cultural phenomena long since silenced, allowing us to hear the fur trade for the first time. Laxer’s book uses the written record, oral history, and material culture to reveal histories of sound and music in an era before sound recording.

Copies of the book will be available for sale. The presentation will include singing and fiddling.

For event details visit U Sask Department of History website.

Follow Daniel's journey via Twitter and find out more about his project on his website.