GIVEAWAY Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images at the MOA

by Rebecca Bollwitt Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 — 3:52pm PST

The Museum of Anthropology at UBC presents the world premiere of Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images, on display now at the MOA until March 29, 2026, and you can enter to win tickets.

Curated by Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura, Curator, Asia at MOA and Associate Professor in UBC Department of Asian Studies, in collaboration with Tibetan-Canadian community members and artists, the bilingual exhibition explores Tibet’s rich cultural heritage alongside its current political context, through the lenses and voices of the Tibetan diasporic community.

Photo from the series Pala, by Lodoe Laura, 2016

Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images

Dates: On now until March 29, 2025
Location: Museum of Anthropology (UBC – 6393 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver)
Admission: Tickets available for purchase at the door

The exhibition will uplift the efforts of the Tibetan-Canadian community to maintain their cultural identity in the face of challenges associated with the loss of their homeland, which has been under forced occupation by China since 1951. Featuring historic photographs, letters, objects, and belongings from a pre-occupied Tibet, as well as photography, an installation piece, and two short films by Tibetan-Canadian artists Lodoe Laura and Kunsang Kyirong, Entangled Territories will reimagine Tibet and its future through the perspectives of the Tibetan-Canadian community.

“Canada is home to one of the largest concentrations of Tibetans outside of Asia, including an active community in Vancouver, who have lived in the region since 1971,” says Dr. Nakamura. “Entangled Territories explores the lived experience of these Tibetan-Canadians, for whom the location and status of their homeland remain a pressing issue. The exhibition demonstrates the complex duality of how young Tibetan-Canadians are reshaping their identity and self-image to reflect a shifting culture that is more than 70 years removed from its homeland, while actively striving to maintain their connection to their ancestral heritage through cultural preservation, such as dance, language, and spiritual practices.”

Entangled Territories will feature materials from MOA’s collection and archives, coupled with contemporary works from Tibetan-Canadian artists. Archival items feature letters and photographs from MOA’s Eric Parker Archival Collection, which includes photographs and correspondence from British military Lieutenant Colonel Eric Parker who helped train Tibet’s newly established modern army from 1918 to 1921.

Following China’s Communist Revolution, Tibet was forced to surrender its independence and has been under China’s occupation for more than seven decades. After a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama – Tibet’s political and spiritual leader – fled to Dharamshala, India, where the internationally renowned leader has remained ever since. The political landscape has forced the continued displacement and global relocation of tens of thousands of Tibetans to places like India, Nepal, North America, and Europe. Many of those who identify as Tibetan were neither born in Tibet or have ever lived there.