Grenn Mawon
Ancestral Knowledge and Medicinal Plants: Recognizing Wisdoms from the Global South and North
A workshop with Daniela Zambrano, Ana Cecilia Carrasco and Ana Caleb
16. October 2024
16.00-20.00
16.00-20.00
Save the Date
For free
For Youths and Adults
in Spanish/in English
Fully booked
This workshop-discussion aims to create a space for exchange and reflection on the ancestral knowledge of indigenous peoples related to medicinal plants. Through a combination of practical activities and dialogue, participants will explore how indigenous botanical knowledge has been preserved and transmitted over time, both in the Global South and the Global North.
This event is open to all those interested in the topic. Participants must register beforehand, providing a brief explanation of their motivations for attending the workshop.
One of the main features of the event will be the presentation of the book "Medicinal Plants of San Miguel de Marankiari", a work created by artist Ana Cecilia Carrasco in collaboration with the local community, which documents the use of medicinal plants. This presentation will serve as a starting point for a broader discussion on the documentation of ancestral knowledge, the current state of forests in different parts of the world, and how this knowledge can inspire new ways of living in harmony with nature.
From the book "Plantas Medicinales de San Miguel de Marankiari"
From the book "Plantas Medicinales de San Miguel de Marankiari"
From the book "Plantas Medicinales de San Miguel de Marankiari"The collaboration is based on the project „CUSHMA: Narratives of Another Modernity“ by Ana Cecilia Carrasco in collaboration with the community of San Miguel Centro Marankiari, located in the Perené district of Chanchamayo, Junín - Peru. The project is supported by the "Estímulos Económicos para la Cultura" 2023 from the Ministry of Culture of Perú and the Association "Concepto Selva" from Chanchamayo, Perú“.
CUSHMA is an exhibition and intervention project that recognizes and highlights the worldviews of indigenous communities, specifically the Asháninka, as an alternative form of modernity. These narratives not only translate the coexistence of indigenous communities with their environment into mythical elements but also offer a sustainable and harmonious way of life that contrasts with Western concepts of progress and development. In Berlin the exhibition „CUSHMA“, curated by the Peruvian artist Daniela Zambrano, can be seen at Barazani Berlin - Forum Colonialism and Resistance until October 12.
ANA CALEB YUMANG is an Ashaninka artist and member of the San Miguel Centro Marankiari community, located in Ashaninka territory in the central Peruvian Amazon. She has been part of the projects “Graphic for the Rescue of Asháninka Medicinal Wisdom” (2021) and “Cushma: Support of Asháninka Social Life” (2022)
DANIELA ZAMBRANO ALMIDÓN is a Quechua artist, researcher, and intercultural mediator based in Berlin. She holds a Master's degree in Art in Context. Her work focuses on postcolonial memory, community activation, and other decolonial practices and experiences..
ANA CECILIA CARRASCO QUINTANA is a professional in visual arts specializing in engraving and printing. Since 2020, she has been working on community art, textile art, and cultural heritage promotion projects in indigenous communities.
