LACS Indigenous Traditions of Resistance to Extractivism Series. Lecture and Workshop with Lorena Kab’nal

Lecture (October 24, 4-6 PM, MLB 4th Floor Commons): Ancestral and Original Epistemologies: Principles for Living with Dignity in Times of Death

Workshop (October 25, 3-5 PM, MLB 4th Floor Commons): Ancestral Resistances against Multiple Neoliberal Extractivisms

RSVP is required to attend the workshop. Reading materials will be emailed before the workshop. RSVP at https://myumi.ch/5y1VW

Lorena Kab’nal is a mujer originaria (native woman) of three ancestral communities in Iximulew, Guatemala: Maya Q’eqchi, Maya K’iché, and Xinka. She is an ancestral healer, communitarian-territorial feminist, and graduate of the National School of Theater Art in Guatemala. In recent years, she cofounded Tzk’at, a network of ancestral healers that provide an epistemological, political, and territorial space for women defenders of life and politically-at-risk communities to receive physical, emotional and spiritual fortification, healing, and recovery.

Cosponsors: Departments of Romance Languages and Literatures, Department of Political Science, Department of Anthropology; Institute for Humanities; LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Program in Native American Studies

Funding for this event was partially provided by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office and the Institute for Humanities in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA).