Paying the Land — with Joe Sacco

Am Johal is joined by Maltese-American cartoonist Joe Sacco, renowned for his long-form graphic journalism and field work in conflict zones and places where people are facing displacement and dispossession. They discuss his new book, “Paying the Land,” dealing with the painful history of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and resource extraction in northern Canada, as well as overarching themes of dispossession, the violence of settler-colonialism, and the bonds between people and land that are prominent in his work. Joe also shares some of his upcoming projects and touches on the intensification of political tensions in Portland, OR, where he lives. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/71-joe-sacco.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/71-joe-sacco.html Watch a video recording of this interview: https://youtu.be/QPIcjakI1PU Paying the Land: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627799034 Reviews: https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2020/08/12/Joe-Sacco-North-What-Remains-Paying-Land/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/joe-sacco-nwt-dene-comic-graphic-novel-1.5640360 Revisit past talks by Joe Sacco, hosted by SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement: https://youtu.be/E7L3TI3_AiQ (2016) https://youtu.be/JTUaxhY9S0c (2013) Bio: Joe Sacco is the author of Footnotes in Gaza, for which he received an Eisner Award and the Ridenhour Book Prize, as well as Palestine, Journalism, Safe Area Goražde (also an Eisner winner), and other books. His works have been translated into fourteen languages and his comics reporting has appeared in Details, The New York Times Magazine, Time, and Harpers. He lives in Portland, Oregon. Cite this episode: Chicago Style Johal, Am. “Paying the Land — with Joe Sacco.” Below the Radar, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, August 27, 2020. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/71-joe-sacco.html.