Soil and Soul: Recovering Indigeneity webinar

Soil and soul: Recovering Indigeneity
8:30am Saturday 23 March
Kaikōrero:
Prof Alastair McIntosh
Ringa hāpai:
Dani Pickering
Alastair’s most celebrated book, “Soil and Soul: People versus Corporate Power”, is about communities reclaiming the land from colonising powers that take but do not give. From first-hand he tells how the islanders of Eigg overthrew their private landlord. And how the biggest cement company in the world was stopped from destroying a majestic mountain on the neighbouring Isle of Harris. But Alastair’s way is more than just political activism. He calls it spiritual activism. In this chat he will discuss recovering our deepest roots, and a renewal of indigeniety in ways that can rise above barriers of racial exclusion. His poem Scotland says: “A person belongs/ inasmuch as they are willing/ to cherish and be cherished/ by this place/ and its peoples.” His books have been described as “world changing” by the environmentalist George Monbiot, “a spiritual journey” by Starhawk, and “truly mental” by Thom Yorke of Radiohead.
Out of respect for our kaikōrero and ringa hāpai, we have not translated karakia, pepeha from Te Reo Māori to English.
This webinar was part of the Te Tiriti-based Futures + Anti-racism open access, online conference, 16-25 March 2024. #TBF2024 www.tiritibasedfutures.info