Image Credit: A Mishapen Flag for Everywhere and Nowhere, Fabric, thread, and embroidery floss, Melanie Griffin, 2018
Cultivating Kinship: Remembering Our Way Forward
This pod will work towards identifying kinship practices while cultivating & practicing kinship amongst each other and in participants’ current relations. Join us as we explore and remember ways of relating with ourselves, our collective bodies, and our more than human kin.
Pod Schedule
Every other Sunday, 11 AM Pacific
April 17 - July 10th, 2022
Our Context (Why is NAVEL taking this on?)
Cultivating kinship in a current world design where whiteness champions domination/violence and extraction, takes constant practice, commitment, and moving at the speed of trust. As we move from an individual-based to collective-based ecology, we know that rooting in kinship is a constant practice. Let us practice.
Pod Purpose
As part of our commitment to be a test-site for kinship, we will study the conditions that lead to caring and nourishing relationships and ecologies, while rooting in our local and historical context.
Pod Long Term Visions & Intentions
As artists and cultural workers, how might we…
cultivate regenerative and caring relationships amongst artists, cultural workers, and power-builders in Los Angeles and with our more than human kin?
cultivate and practice care while addressing harm and conflict in interpersonal or collective based relationships?
learn practices of care to prevent violence from happening and keep each other safe?
Who should sign up?
This pod is designed for artists and cultural workers wanting to integrate community-centered design strategies into their current practices.
Key Dates & Timelines
Every other Sunday, 11 am - 1 pm Pacific
Zoom/Virtual
Max # of participants: 10 people
Session 1 — [April 17, 11 AM]
Session 2 — [May 1, 11 AM]
Session 3 — [May 15, 11 AM]
Session 4 — [May 29, 11 AM]
Session 5 — [June 12, 11 AM]
Session 6 — [June 26, 11 AM]
Session 7 — [July 10, 11 AM]
Pod Facilitator
Melanie Griffin