Latin American Speakers Series: Carolina Caycedo
Thursday, May 23rd via Zoom
7PM ET Register here
Scintillae on Earth
Caycedo's recent works emerge from her ongoing spiritual fieldwork and research on the eco-social activism of frontline communities impacted by the climate crisis, and the demand for a Just Transition. In opposition to the Western extractivist approach to energy production, she explores ways of being on Earth that foster sustaining and caring relationships with material and social landscapes.Caycedo channels ancestral understandings of the scintillae (tiny sparks) that cycle from cosmos to Earth, tracing constellations of meaning through the talismanic properties of certain objects, reciprocal practices of payment, and the invaluable labor of women in sustaining community life and the environment. She proposes works with the power to protect, heal, and transmit knowledge.
