Second round of meetings in three zones of Inga territory to collectively draw cartographic representations supporting intercultural higher education. The management and programming of the meetings were in charge of the Inga education team, counsellors of AWAI, and members of the intercultural academic team. These encounters received support from the Leading House for the Latin American Region at the University of St. Gallen, AWAI, ETH Zurich, and the National University of Colombia.
Second round of meetings in three zones of Inga territory to collectively draw cartographic representations supporting intercultural higher education. The management and programming of the meetings were in charge of the Inga education team, counsellors of AWAI, and members of the intercultural academic team. These encounters received support from the Leading House for the Latin American Region at the University of St. Gallen, AWAI, ETH Zurich, and the National University of Colombia.
An emotional moment: An Inga delegation was received at Mincultura to create actions focused on the elaboration of the sociolinguistic self-diagnosis, the resignification of sacred sites through toponymies (meaning of proper names of places), the unification of the alphabet and the dictionary; as well as the international meeting of speakers of the Inga language. Minister Patricia Ariza was part of this dialogue that seeks to preserve the cultural traditions and knowledge that identify this community.
Book launch of Forest Mind at the occasion of the exhibition opening in the Claustro San Agustín. The artist book is a narrative of the experience and investigation of Ursula Biemann in collaboration with the Inga people. English and Spanish editions published by Spector Books and distributed in the Americas through ARTBOOK | D.A.P.
Book launch of Forest Mind at the occasion of the exhibition opening in the Claustro San Agustín. The artist book is a narrative of the experience and investigation of Ursula Biemann in collaboration with the Inga people. English and Spanish editions published by Spector Books and distributed in the Americas through ARTBOOK | D.A.P.
All the work done by Ursula Biemann in collaboration with the Inga community of the Colombian Panamazonia are exhibited in “Forest Mind. On the Interconnection of All Life.” The works prioritize research in intimate contact with the rainforest as a great teacher and invite to value the forest as a living entity and creator of futures, as an intelligent being in its own right, in addition to recognizing indigenous knowledge and the science of yagé on par with the Western scientific knowledge system. Opening with a ceremony of harmonisation by Taita Luciano. Commissioned by the Art Museum at UNAL.
Invitation of the Inga architectural collective by renowned arts and design college Central Saint Martins with Juliana Ramirez Rodriguez and Hernando Chindoy, presenting the advances of the pluriversity in the Inga territory. This is the first visit of a long-term collaboration. Climate Forum Spatial Practices at CSM led by Catalina Mejia Moreno will continue in dialogue and exchange with the Inga community for the construction and consolidation of their indigenous knowledge educational platforms.
Invitation of the Inga architectural collective by renowned arts and design college Central Saint Martins with Juliana Ramirez Rodriguez and Hernando Chindoy, presenting the advances of the pluriversity in the Inga territory. This is the first visit of a long-term collaboration. Climate Forum Spatial Practices at CSM led by Catalina Mejia Moreno will continue in dialogue and exchange with the Inga community for the construction and consolidation of their indigenous knowledge educational platforms.
Collaborative writing on the Ecologies of Learning: In Amazonia, the Inga people are creating a decolonial biocultural university, write Ursula Biemann, Santiago del Hierro, Álvaro Hernández Bello, Giovanna Micarelli, Juliana Ramírez and Iván Darío Vargas Roncancio.
First round of meetings in five zones of Inga territory to collectively draw cartographic representations in support of intercultural higher education. The management and programming of the meetings were in charge of the Inga education team, counsellors of AWAI, and members of the intercultural academic team. Logistical support was provided by the Leading House for the Latinamerican Region at the University of St. Gallen, AWAI, ETH Zurich, and the National University of Colombia.
First round of meetings in five zones of Inga territory to collectively draw cartographic representations in support of intercultural higher education. The management and programming of the meetings were in charge of the Inga education team, counsellors of AWAI, and members of the intercultural academic team. Logistical support was provided by the Leading House for the Latinamerican Region at the University of St. Gallen, AWAI, ETH Zurich, and the National University of Colombia.
Commissioned by the Istanbul Biennial, the new video work Vocal Cognitive Territory is coproduced by Waira Jacanamijoy, Flora Macas and Ivan Vargas. The installation is the result of a common fieldwork in the Inga territory in January 2021. It tells the territorial history and memory of the elders and expresses thoughts about education and the future Indigenous University. Waira Jacanamijoy and Flora Macas enjoying the exhibition.
Workshop with Inga Education Team, Ministry of Education MEN, EAN University and La Salle University to discuss and plan further steps toward the implementation of the ethno-educative project of the Inga people and the Biocultural Indigenous University AWAI.
Workshop with Inga Education Team, Ministry of Education MEN, EAN University and La Salle University to discuss and plan further steps toward the implementation of the ethno-educative project of the Inga people and the Biocultural Indigenous University AWAI.
During the ETH seminar week, we visit of the internal structures of the dam for hydropower and delightful first encounter with snow for many of the Inga students at the frozen lake Albigna.
The Chair for Affective Architecture of An Fonteyne holds a week of encounters between Inga students and ETH students in the seminar-center Villa Garbald. Topics during the week of mountain hikes, seminars and ceremonies: Place Forest Territory; Walking Weaving Thinking; University Pluriversity; Justice, Ethics, Positionality. With Hernando Chindoy, Freider Legarda, Juliana Ramirez, Ivan D. Vargas, Santiago del Hierro, Ursula Biemann as well as Inga and ETH students.
The Chair for Affective Architecture of An Fonteyne holds a week of encounters between Inga students and ETH students in the seminar-center Villa Garbald. Topics during the week of mountain hikes, seminars and ceremonies: Place Forest Territory; Walking Weaving Thinking; University Pluriversity; Justice, Ethics, Positionality. With Hernando Chindoy, Freider Legarda, Juliana Ramirez, Ivan D. Vargas, Santiago del Hierro, Ursula Biemann as well as Inga and ETH students.
Hybrid online and in-person event with presenters in Zurich, Southern Colombia, and San Diego. Simultaneous translation in English and Spanish provided. Organised by the Department of Communication and their Democracy Lab Initiative. Presenters Hernando Chindoy Chindoy, leader of the Inga People of Colombia, Doris Waira Jacanamijoy, coordinator of the Inga education team, Ivan Vargas Roncancio, legal scholar and collaborator “Devenir Universidad”, Ursula Biemann, art and communication “Devenir Universidad”.
We remember our sinchi iacha Paulino Mojomboy Garreta who dedicated his life to the service of humanity and the construction of the Ethno-educational Project of the Inga People of Colombia and Plan de Salvaguarda. He was one of the founders of UMIYAC (Union of Indigenous Yagecero Doctors of the Colombian Amazon) and the Nukanchipa Atunkunapa Alpa Association of Piamonte, Cauca. He leaves a great legacy to all indigenous peoples of the world, teaching us that every process must be built from spirituality to understand, know and agree on ideas and experiences that benefit indigenous peoples for the permanence of cultures in time and space.
We remember our sinchi iacha Paulino Mojomboy Garreta who dedicated his life to the service of humanity and the construction of the Ethno-educational Project of the Inga People of Colombia and Plan de Salvaguarda. He was one of the founders of UMIYAC (Union of Indigenous Yagecero Doctors of the Colombian Amazon) and the Nukanchipa Atunkunapa Alpa Association of Piamonte, Cauca. He leaves a great legacy to all indigenous peoples of the world, teaching us that every process must be built from spirituality to understand, know and agree on ideas and experiences that benefit indigenous peoples for the permanence of cultures in time and space.
Devenir Universidad is enjoying a field meeting of a different kind. This time in the forests of the Swiss Alpes where we mix hiking and long conversations.A weekend in Bergün with Hernando Chindoy, Alvaro Hernandez Bello, Santiago del Hierro, Ursula Biemann and Mariana Hoyos.
While Hernando Chindoy is in Switzerland, we are invited to the Residency of the Colombian Ambassador, Sofia A. Gaviria Correa, for an extended conversation about the role and potential of the Indigenous University project.
While Hernando Chindoy is in Switzerland, we are invited to the Residency of the Colombian Ambassador, Sofia A. Gaviria Correa, for an extended conversation about the role and potential of the Indigenous University project.
With presentations by Hernando Chindoy, leader of the Inga People of Colombia. Prof. Philip Ursprung, History of Art and Architecture, Prof. Anne Lacaton, Architecture, Prof. An Fonteyne, Architecture, Ursula Biemann, Artist-Researcher, Santiago del Hierro, PhD candidate in Landscape Architecture at ETH. After a two-semester ETH Studio Anne Lacaton on “A New University in the Rainforest” we finally have the pleasure of hosting Hernando Chindoy who presents the Inga-led university project, it’s underlying ideas and political importance for life in the territory. Anne Lacaton and several of her students speak about the experience of working on a design and research project in a far away geographic and cultural space. An Fonteyne reveals her plans for a new Summer Studio in 2022 in the territory, while Santiago del Hierro is currently establishing a hub at ETH LUS around this interdisciplinary and intercultural project. Ursula Biemann presents the work done so far in various field workshops and the online platform “Devenir Universidad.”
Panel with Anne Lacaton (ETH), Martin Anzellini (Javeriana University), Ursula Biemann and ETH students of the Studio Anne Lacaton speak about the nature of a possible architectural intervention in a foreign territory. Lacaton’s condition to run a two-semester studio on this future university was to not build anything but instead conduct territorial research and make propositions that help the Inga People think through some architectural options and considerations.
Panel with Anne Lacaton (ETH), Martin Anzellini (Javeriana University), Ursula Biemann and ETH students of the Studio Anne Lacaton speak about the nature of a possible architectural intervention in a foreign territory. Lacaton’s condition to run a two-semester studio on this future university was to not build anything but instead conduct territorial research and make propositions that help the Inga People think through some architectural options and considerations.
Presentation of the collaborative process Devenir Universidad in the context of the Poetic Heritage exhibition including a videos interview with the Inga leader Hernando Chindoy on questions of the political and cultural meaning of the university project in the post-conflict-accord territory in the South of Colombia.
Joint display of Anne Lacaton’s ETH architecture studio “A New University in the rain forest in Colombia” and Devenir Universidad, part of the exhibition “Planet of Love”, curated by Hubert Klumpner.
Joint display of Anne Lacaton’s ETH architecture studio “A New University in the rain forest in Colombia” and Devenir Universidad, part of the exhibition “Planet of Love”, curated by Hubert Klumpner.
Documentary presence of Devenir Universidad with a series of videos from the Mocoa Meetings. The university project met with great interest among the audience who are looking for ways to engage in ecological practices in the arts.
Visit to the El Tambor property by the authorities of the Inga people, their support teams and the Municipal Mayor’s Office, together with the intercultural support team of Devenir Universidad. The site is a beautiful clearing, located between the Tambor river and the forest.
Visit to the El Tambor property by the authorities of the Inga people, their support teams and the Municipal Mayor’s Office, together with the intercultural support team of Devenir Universidad. The site is a beautiful clearing, located between the Tambor river and the forest.
The education teams meet the Inga authorities of Piamonte and the officials in the municipality to present the project and obtain the permission to proceed with the plans for our plans. We have their full support! The intercultural gathering is a festive occasion accompanied by ceremonies and music.
Extended intercultural meetings in the beautiful setting of a Pasto retreat on the pedagogical priorities in higher education and community involvement. Then mapping workshop on the Inga territory to conceive the layout of the university across all areas of the territory.
Extended intercultural meetings in the beautiful setting of a Pasto retreat on the pedagogical priorities in higher education and community involvement. Then mapping workshop on the Inga territory to conceive the layout of the university across all areas of the territory.
For 10 days Waira Nina Jacanamijoy, Flora Macas, Ivan Vargas Roncancio, Ursula Biemann and the camerateam Richard and Yann travel across Inga territories to interview the elders, social leaders and iachas for the audiovisual archive of the future Biocultural Indigenous University.
Espere un momento por favor…
Wait a moment please…
