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Ursula Biemann’s Video Essay Forest Mind
and a Round Table Discussion on
Co-creating an Indigenous Biocultural University in
Colombia
Organized by the UCSD Department of
Communication in conjunction with their Democracy Lab Initiative and Cosponsored
by the Latin American Studies Program, Department of Anthropology, the
Education Studies Department, the Linguistics Department, the Department of
Theatre and Dance, the Department of Sociology, the Department of Visual Arts,
The Department of Ethnic Studies, the Native American and Indigenous Studies
Program, the Global Indigenous Peoples Group, the Institute for the Americas, the
UCSD Green New Deal, and the Nature, Space & Politics Research Group.
Additional Support provided by the Division of Social Sciences Special
Initiatives Fund.
Screening: Forest
Mind, 2021, Video Essay, 31 min, directed
by Ursula Biemann
March 24th- 31st
available for viewing online in Spanish and English language versions.
Located in the
Amazonian forests of Colombia, Forest Mind unites diverse strands of knowledge
on the metaphysics of plants, on plant-human relationships, and the coding of
life with its form of storing information. Drawing on scientific as well as
shamanic perspectives of engaging with the world, the video takes an ecocentric worldview in search for the intelligence of
nature.
Indigenous
Biocultural University Meeting, Cauca, 2021. Photo Courtesy:
Ursula Biemann
Roundtable
Discussion: March
30th, 10am - 12:30pm PST
Co-creating an
Indigenous Biocultural University in Colombia
Hybrid
online and in-person event with presenters in Zurich, Southern Colombia, and
San Diego. Simultaneous translation in English and Spanish provided.
The Inga
Indigenous people of Colombia are initiating the project of co-creating a pluriepistemic university in their territory. The visionary
project aims to bridge indigenous and Western knowledge systems with the
purpose of fostering peace and environmental protection for the indigenous
territories in the South of Colombia. The collective creation of its political
and pedagogical foundations continues a path set forth ten years ago on the
primary and secondary levels. Now they aim for a university.
The project “Devenir Universidad” is the growing organism, a living
collaborative assemblage of different actors and academics supporting several
dimensions in the creation of this future institution of higher education and
research. This collaborative organism is linked by a lifeline to the territory
and hence is more than simply a network among humans. The workshop will address the political
and educational stakes of this endeavour in post-Peace Accord territories.
PRESENTERS:
Hernando Chindoy Chindoy, leader of the Inga People of Colombia
Doris Waira Jacanamijoy, coordinator of the Inga education team.
Ivan Vargas Roncancio, legal
scholar and collaborator, “Devenir
Universidad”
Ursula Biemann, art and communication specialist, “Devenir
Universidad”
DISCUSSANTS:
Ana Gloria (Martha) Rodriguez (Kumeyaay, San José
de la Zorra) is a community leader, weaver, potter, tribal singer and dancer,
and Kosay Kumeyaay Market curator and proprietor who
promotes the art and craft of the Yuman tribes of the
US-Mexico southwest border region.
Stanley Rodriguez (Kumeyaay, Santa Ysabel) is a
community leader, professor of language, history, and culture at Kumeyaay
Community College, tribal singer, and maker of traditional boats, tools, and
instruments.
Additional Discussant TBD
FACILITATOR: Brian
Goldfarb, Assoc. Professor and Chair, UCSD Communication Dept.
LUNCH RECEPTION
TO FOLLOW