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Geographer and seed saver Linda Quiquivx with Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative Fellow Vivien Sansour

Video: How Indigenous Wisdom Can Help Us Design An Autonomous Future of Food

February 26, 2021

Across the globe, the importance of food sovereignty is central to indigenous cultures. On February 9, 2021, Vivien Sansour and Linda Quiquivix discussed the importance of linking the two, and how an understanding of food systems and indigenous rootedness in the land is key to unpacking systems of power and oppression these communities face. Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, and Quiquivix, a geographer and educator, draw connections between the communities they both study and represent by centering storytelling as a way of reclaiming identity and belonging in relationship to the land.... Read more about Video: How Indigenous Wisdom Can Help Us Design An Autonomous Future of Food