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Rope & T-Shirts: Mountaineering Objects & Gender Dr. Julie Rak TEDxGarneauWomen

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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"Rope and T-Shirts: what do mountaineering objects tell us about gender?" - Dr. Julie Rak

Julie Rak is a member of the Canadian Mountain Studies Initiative at the University of Alberta. While recovering from a mobility-restricting illness, Julie discovered that Edmonton has seven round-the-clock poker gaming rooms, and worked her way to being one of the better poker players in the city. Julie is also an amateur general mountaineer and ice climber in the Canadian Rockies. Julie teaches courses about autobiography, gender and sexuality theory, Aboriginal writing and mountaineering writing. She teaches and researches at the University of Alberta and focused on Doukhobor autobiography in her PhD from McMaster University.

Julie's talk: "Rope and T-Shirts: what do mountaineering objects tell us about gender?"

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