[This cartography of critiques has been “cooking” on the slow burner of the GTDF kitchen for a while now: we have been testing it in different contexts as we slowly refine it. However, we have received a few requests to make it public, even if we think it is still a bit “raw”. Therefore, take …
For many indigenous people, the collapse of the current violent and unsustainable system is not necessarily bad news This text weaves together Indigenous teachings that affirm that if we approach the potential, likelihood or inevitability of the collapse of our current system with relational maturity, sobriety and accountability we will be taught to heal our …
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The Cartographies of Aging have been created and are being stewarded by Jocelyn Yerxa (NS GovLab), Steeven Pedneault (PRÉSÂGES), Mo Drescher (Brave Space), and Rachel Derrah (Brave Space). Our group has been working with the methodologies and practices of the GTDF collective for a couple of years and in January, we took a deeper dive …
Usual starting point (common expectations): “You are included to justify business as usual” You come through the back door. 1. Deficit 2. Duty 3. Display Tipping point (broken expectations): “You are reminded of your place” You were allowed in so that you could serve. you cannot simply refuse to meet our reasonable expectations. 4. Debt …
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Formação da teia de educação “A teia das 5 curas: somos todos parentes”, parte da rede “Aos cuidados da Terra” (English version below) De 1 a 5 de maio de 2019 realizou-se na casa de apoio da comunidade Indígena Pitaguary, município de Pacatuba, no Ceará, o encontro: Desatando o nó da separação ilusória entre o …
Preface This draft document is based on conversations that have happened during an on-going year-long collaborative process between Elwood Jimmy and Vanessa Andreotti as part of their work with the Musagetes Arts Foundation. This collaboration involves several modes of relational engagement with Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, scholars, and communities, including visits, gatherings and consultations, addressing …
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By Sharon Stein and Vanessa Andreotti The following cartography was inspired by an international education conference that we recently attended. When we first learned that the conference theme was entitled, “Things we should be talking about in international education,” we were excited about possible openings for the kinds of reflexive, complex, and difficult conversations that …
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Utilizando imagens e metáforas para contestar a escrita convencional acadêmica, esse artigo levanta questões relacionadas aos desafios de imaginar e existir na beirada-limite dos paradigmas vigentes. O artigo propõe uma reflexão sobre a relação que estabelecemos com o conhecimento no contexto da modernidade através de economias intelectuais, afetivas e materiais que estão entrando em crise. …
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These dispositions manifest in complex and unpredictable ways, at different points in time, depending on contextual factors. Being able to identify the disposition(s) we bring to a specific conversation and its implications can open different possibilities of engagement. Skattebol conceptualises affect as a capacity and as a “tangible, embodied force that operates between people” (78). …
“The beach” has been used in our collective as a cartography that attempts to articulate different affective investments that people bring to engagements with global challenges and global justice. It emerged as a response to the need to talk about our fears of “drowning” as we face the complexities, complicities, paradoxes, uncertainties, inequalities and contradictions …
Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures 