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Talking Wings - The Collective Behind the Summit
In the final installment of his series on Decolonization and Food Sovereignty, Derek Sherrange introduces us to Tzintzun Aguilar-Izzo and Blake Lavia of the Talking Wings Collective, the driving voice behind the North Country Art, Land & Environment Summit beginning on September 9, 2020.
Food Sovereignty and the Future of Regenerative Farming
In his third article previewing the upcoming North Country Art, Land, and Environment Summit to be held from September 9 to October 2, Derek Sherrange draws on the work of educator and farmer Dr. Himanee Gupta-Carlson to explore the concept of food sovereignty and its relevance for the work of overcoming settler-colonial structures and building regenerative forms of agriculture.
Ecocentrism – Looking to Other Ways of Knowing
In his second article previewing the upcoming North Country Art, Land, and Environment Summit to be held from September 9 to October 2, Derek Sherrange draws on the work of Dr. Claudia Ford (SUNY Potsdam) to explore the tensions between mainstream (settler) environmentalism and indigenous paradigms grounded in ecocentrism and traditional ecological knowledge.
On Settler Colonialism: Hearing from the Kanien:keha'ka (Mohawk) Nation
In preparation for the upcoming North Country Art, Land, and Environment Summit to be held from September 9 to October 2, Derek Sherrange begins a new series on food sovereignty and decolonization. In this first installment, Sherrange provides an overview of the concept of settler colonialism and shares the insights of Katsitsionni Fox (Bear Clan), a Kanien:keha'ka (Mohawk) artist, filmmaker, and educator.