Film Screening and Discussion. Waters Wisdoms: Indigenous and Ancestral Knowledges in the Face of Climate Disaster
Presentation Location
David Student Union: Ballroom
Document Type
Event
Start Date
16-3-2024 12:00 PM
End Date
16-3-2024 1:00 PM
Description
The screendance, “Waters Wisdoms: Indigenous and Ancestral Knowledges in the Face of Climate Disaster,” features Kayla Jewette (CNU ’14) returning to her homeland as Iyanifa Faremilekun Oosaseun Ajeosun having reclaimed her ancestral practices and shifting relationship to the land and its waters, and Krystal Hurr (CNU ’19) who embraces her Ottawa ancestral knowledge. The short film unfolds locally, where rivers and ocean converge, in a foundational location of settler colonialism in the U.S. and from which industrialization and exploitation of resources has resulted in worldwide catastrophic climate change. We began filming in June 2023, as wildfires in Canada, fueled by above normal temperatures and dry conditions, sent hazardous particulate matter throughout the United States air. July 2023 became the hottest month globally on record, killing thousands, continuing to warm waters and atmosphere, resulting in continued sea level rise on an apocalyptic scale. This video aims to center global Indigenous epistemologies, sharing a reclamation of ancestral heritages, rituals, and knowledges that reconnect us to the harmony of the earth and our place within it.
Recommended Citation
Bellecci, Ann Mazzocc, "Film Screening and Discussion. Waters Wisdoms: Indigenous and Ancestral Knowledges in the Face of Climate Disaster" (2024). Annual Meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society. 24.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/southernanthro_meeting/2024/schedule/24
Film Screening and Discussion. Waters Wisdoms: Indigenous and Ancestral Knowledges in the Face of Climate Disaster
David Student Union: Ballroom
The screendance, “Waters Wisdoms: Indigenous and Ancestral Knowledges in the Face of Climate Disaster,” features Kayla Jewette (CNU ’14) returning to her homeland as Iyanifa Faremilekun Oosaseun Ajeosun having reclaimed her ancestral practices and shifting relationship to the land and its waters, and Krystal Hurr (CNU ’19) who embraces her Ottawa ancestral knowledge. The short film unfolds locally, where rivers and ocean converge, in a foundational location of settler colonialism in the U.S. and from which industrialization and exploitation of resources has resulted in worldwide catastrophic climate change. We began filming in June 2023, as wildfires in Canada, fueled by above normal temperatures and dry conditions, sent hazardous particulate matter throughout the United States air. July 2023 became the hottest month globally on record, killing thousands, continuing to warm waters and atmosphere, resulting in continued sea level rise on an apocalyptic scale. This video aims to center global Indigenous epistemologies, sharing a reclamation of ancestral heritages, rituals, and knowledges that reconnect us to the harmony of the earth and our place within it.