Amaya Carrasco (CASAS member & University of Vermont) shares with us this beautiful short documentary recorded by the members of Caliata, an international initiative integrating community members, farmers, students, researchers and educators focused on agroecology, food and seed sovereignty and Indigenous knowledge preservation.
The film “is ‘a window to the memory’ and to the agri-food system of the Kichwa-Puruwá ancient people of Ecuador (…) Our narrative is one that speaks to resistance and the resilient management of knowledge, technologies, biodiversity and agroecological spaces. It shares the core values of indigenous identity, such as reciprocal work and feasting. We say that this is a window to the future because it arises from an ethnographic research project aimed at helping the Kichwa-Puruwá People to remember their past, understand their present, and reflect on their future possibilities.”
Caliata Initiative: https://caliatainitiative.org/
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Carol Hernández
Carol Hernandez holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Portland State University, U.S., and is a professor/researcher at the University Program of Bioethics, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her areas of interest focus on agriculture and climate change, seed sovereignty, and indigenous social movements.