Somos tierra que camina. We are soil that walks. We are shaped and in interdependence with our environments whether we nourish them or not. Through the lens of culture, power, and decolonization, participants will explore & nourish their relationship to soil through their own ancestral lineage.

Pod Schedule

Every other Monday, 6:30 PM Pacific 

April 18 - July 11, 2022

Our Context (Why is NAVEL taking this on?)
Europe had to colonize itself before it exported its settler-colonialism mindset worldwide. This logic continues to drive and shape our relationships with ourselves and the soil. Creating caring worlds, means addressing the violence that comes with borders and enclosure–especially as guests in our non-ancestral lands.

Purpose
As part of our commitment to supporting artists and cultural workers seeking to transition away from an extractive cultural economy towards a more regenerative, care-based, we are committed to supporting the ending of the practice of land as property while re-shaping our relationship to the soil. You cannot create a caring cultural economy without addressing (y)our ecology.

Pod Long Term Visions & Intentions

As artists and cultural workers, how might we…

1. Support in ending the practice of land as property? 

2. Explore what governance and tending to the land looks like when not driven by market value and enclosure (aka landlords and national borders)? 

3. Repair, rematriate and re-indigenize what our land relationships look like?

Who should sign up?

This pod is designed for artists and cultural workers wanting to integrate community-centered design strategies into their current practices.

Key Dates & Timelines

We imagine a hybrid in-person/zoom format for this pod, but will make a decision based on participants’ availability, location, and comfort with covid safety.

Every other Monday, 630 - 830 PM Pacific
Zoom/Virtual
Max # of participants: 12 people 

Session 1 — [April 18, 630 PM]

Session 2 — [May 2, 630 PM]

Session 3 — [May 16, 630 PM]

Session 4 — [May 30, 630 PM]

Session 5 — [June 13, 630 PM]*

Session 6 — [June 27, 630 PM]*

Session 7 — [July 11, 630 PM]

*note potential field trip week, date subject to change 

Pod Facilitator

Zumi M