[PeDAGoG] More than Human Episode 1- The River is Us: A Conversation with Alyen Foning

[Global Tapestry of Alternatives]

Dear all,  

We will be having our first episode of the More than Human: Creative
Expressions series on the 29th of August, at 1 pm GMT/6:30 pm IST. A
series of online sessions on creative expressions focussing on the
more-than-human, this webinar series features people connecting to other
species and the rest of nature in spiritual, artistic, and visceral
ways.  

What would it be like if a River could sing about her ordeal, turtles
could speak of their incredible journeys across the seas as also of
vanishing coasts, and Hoolock gibbons could narrate their relationship
to trees? Indigenous peoples and other nature dependent local
communities have always been in communication with the more-than human
world, as everything has been alive with agency. 

 In recent times we have also seen people living in modern contexts
expressing themselves as if they are a tree or a turtle or a river and
so on, finding a voice within through deep listening of the natural
world, and manifesting this through their writing, song making, drawing,
research and activism. 

We want to highlight voices from the Global South specifically, and so
our first speaker is Alyen Foning, a shaman from the Lepcha community
from India. She resides in her ancestral home, Kalimpong -the Lepcha
community, with its sacred mountains and rivers, at the foothills of the
Eastern Himalayas. Inspired by her Lepcha roots and reflections of her
life's journey, Alyen uses her art and storytelling as a medium to help
others remember their own ecological connections. Using fabrics,
colours, music and design, her work serves as a bridge between the
fields of art and research, and between ancestral pasts and future
generations. 

Through her storytelling we journey through longing, loss and
disconnection. Finding our way forward through remembrance we delve into
our origins, shamanism and our deep connection and interdependence to
nature. 

Date: 29th August 2024 

Time: 1 pm GMT/ 6:30 pm IST Meeting link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82244547060?pwd=gyuXCZCCdibRUaaLD5bsAyJkxb2bYR.1
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We hope to see you there! 

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Global Tapestry of Alternatives
https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org 

Links:
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82244547060?pwd=gyuXCZCCdibRUaaLD5bsAyJkxb2bYR.1
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