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Organized by John Sobol, Action Poetry was Intended to u201cprovide the opportunity for spoken word performers from diverse cultural and aesthetic traditions to establish a dialogue based upon a shared commitment to exploring the word in performance.u201d It included participants from a variety of backgrounds, including poets, rappers, dub poets, monologists, performance artists, street entertainers, storytellers, and stand-up comedians. The Action Poetry fonds contains video and audio recordings of performances and events, proposals and planning documents, internal and external correspondence, biographical information on participants, newspaper clippings, research notes, photographs, and material related to organizing the Nat Christie Poetry Day and Nat Christie Poetry Jam events. Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Action Poetry : Ahdri Zhina Mandiela"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Mandiela, Ahdri"],"creator_names_search":["Mandiela, Ahdri"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Mandiela, Ahdri\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T03:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"DAT\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["DAT"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-28\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"\",\"longitude\":\"\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"\"}]"],"_version_":1853670552403705858,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:56.900Z","score":4.6180696},{"id":"5125","cataloger_name":["Andrew,Hennan"],"partnerInstitution":["Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity"],"collection_source_collection":["Action Poetry fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Action Poetry fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["Paul D. 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The Action Poetry fonds contains video and audio recordings of performances and events, proposals and planning documents, internal and external correspondence, biographical information on participants, newspaper clippings, research notes, photographs, and material related to organizing the Nat Christie Poetry Day and Nat Christie Poetry Jam events. Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Ernest Manning : [Nat Christie Poetry Day video recording]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Mandiela, Ahdri","Zitello, Sean","Weidenhammer, Lori"],"creator_names_search":["Mandiela, Ahdri","Zitello, Sean","Weidenhammer, Lori"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Mandiela, Ahdri\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Zitello, Sean\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Weidenhammer, Lori\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T02:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"No audio for first 3 minutes 17 seconds, and again from 50:30 to end. 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Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Ahdri Mandiela : [Action Poetry performance video]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Mandiela, Ahdri"],"creator_names_search":["Mandiela, Ahdri"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Mandiela, Ahdri\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"3/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T01:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"U-Matic\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["U-Matic"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Video"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"ACP6_040_preservation.mov\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"00:51:07\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"15.2 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-28\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993\",\"venue\":\"Ground Round Theatre (Banff)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.1735409\",\"longitude\":\"-115.5608138\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"Venue":["Ground Round Theatre (Banff)"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"contents":["Item is a video recording of Ahdri Mandiela's performances at Action Poetry ’94. 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