How arts & culture work for our planet
Art triggers emotions Art gives a human voice to societal or environmental ‘complications’ (yes, avoiding the ‘p’ word here on purpose). Art can bring attention to certain aspects of specific magnitude like injustice, exploitation… or wonder. Art triggers an emotional response. We all know that the response differs significantly and is unpredictable. Art can bring forth cognitive activation, too. You linger on the...
From New Zealand New Zealand is the first country that has granted personhood rights to natural entities and landmarks; landmarks that are of divine and spiritual importance to the Māori, the native population of Aotearoa – New Zealand. In the worldview of the Māori, these landmarks are perceived as ancestors as we humans together with all animals and plants...
Have you ever wondered why landmarks under Indigenous stewardship are so much more efficient with rich flora and fauna? Here’s an idea. Indigenous, place-based communities have developed an environmental learning that was passed onto them by their ancestors. These ancestors had developed a sustainable way of tilling their fields, harvesting and settling in sustainable relationships with the new environment....
Three months ago, I spent a couple of days at the university and indulged in the simple pleasures of physically being inside a library and reading physical books, something you do miss when you study online and spend all your days over a computer. In these days I read a publication about the Māori culture which examined the influence of our...
We currently suffer from fear, panic and a loss of freedom of mobility. We tend to forget that every crisis also bears a lot of potential. Here is my personal elaboration on the potential of crisis. This crisis provides time for reflection. It forces us to slow down, stop and think; something that was (seemingly) not possible before because...
