Cultural exposition and discussion celebrating indigenous visions and dreams.
On 3 March 2023, the International Institute of Social Studies is hosting Indigenous Dreams - a photo exposition with poetry and song along with a panel discussion on indigenous knowledge in culture and education.
Speakers
Itandehui Olivera is a Mixtec and Zapotec Indigenous woman. She is an economist specializing in the design and implementation of information systems focused on children’s and women’s rights. She uses poetry as a way to raise her voice. She is also an alumna of ISS.
Jeike Meijer is a half-Dutch/Arawak woman raised in California. She is a songwriter and musician who works as a freelancer in Amsterdam. She often combines her love of music and her activism by doing musical workshops and giving talks on Indigenous resistance to climate change.
Maabena Obenewaah is a West African Oduyebaa (Medicine woman) who creates African plant medicine based on the positions of the planets. She believes that the potency of a herbal remedy is enhanced by the vibrations of the ruling planet of a plant. Her passion for making plant medicine began when she went to a book lecture about healing the feminine body, mind and spirit. Based on her positive experiences and the transformations she went through, she became an advocate for herbal medicine.
Programme
16:30 - 17:00 - Walk-in
17:00 - 17:15 - Poetry reading by Itandehui Olivera
17:15 - 17:25 - Introduction about the expo and the process by Mia Tengco
17:25 - 18:10 - Panel discussion on Indigenous Knowledge in Culture and Education
18:10 - 18:20 - Q&A
18:20 - 18:35 - Song performance by Jeike Meijer
18:35 - onwards - Socials and refreshments
Snacks and drinks (2 vouchers) will be available!
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About Indigenous Dreams
Indigenous Dreams celebrates indigenous vision and experience, creating a countermovement against erasure politics and dominant culture that pretends that Indigenous grandparents, children, and grandchildren do not exist.
Indigenous futurism in the Netherlands; where do you start?
Chihiro Geuzebroek (Art Director & Writer) and Mia Tengco (Photographer) decided to start modestly with interviews and portraits of nine Indigenous women from different peoples - exploring their Indigenous Dream as an antidote to the American Dream that brought us genocide and environmental destruction. How do Indigenous women in the Netherlands navigate their lives and what do they do to heal from ongoing politics of expropriation and denial? How can we wake up together from the colonial nightmare?
