After ten years, the GTDF collective has completed its cycle as a shared field of inquiry.

Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures (GTDF) was an arts/research collective that worked together for 10 years at the intersection of two critical domains: first, the examination of historical, systemic, structural, and ongoing harm; and second, the exploration of the unsustainability of modern economies, political investments, and dominant ways of relating, knowing, and being. It also addressed the accelerating social, ecological, and psychological collapse driven by the crossing of multiple tipping points.

Members of the GTDF collective are now pursuing distinct and independent pathways, each grounded in their own inquiries, orientations, relationships, commitments, and responsibilities. Following the natural completion of a long-standing collaboration, we do so with gratitude for all that has been learned along the way.

This website will remain live for the coming year, with links to resources continuing to function throughout that time.

An account of the 10 years of the GTDF collective written by Dr. Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti can be found here. Additional commentaries, letters, and reflections will be added as they emerge over the course of the year. A booklet bringing together a curated selection of resources published under Creative Commons over the years will be released shortly.

Fundraising Campaign

We would like to thank more than 250 individuals and organizations that helped raise more than $50,000 to the South American Indigenous Network Emergency Fund.

Acknowledgements

Much of the work of this international collective happened in unceded Musqueam land (where the University of British Columbia is located). We would like to acknowledge the generosity of the Musqueam people for enabling us to carry out this work in this land.

We are deeply grateful for the sustained support of the Musagetes Foundation, Imaginal Seeds, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. We also extend our sincere thanks to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Wend Collective and to the many other institutions and individuals who generously contributed resources to make this work possible.