Start with the Ground: a journal on decolonization (Ebook)
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Through manifestos, poetry, roundtable conversions, interactive worksheets, narrative, and more, Start with the Ground: a journal on decolonization invites us to ignite our imaginations in pursuit of reaching a more just future. This inaugural issue centers Indigenous voices, traditional ecological knowledge, and decolonial practices in our understanding of water, land, and community.
Contributors
The journal was co-edited by Sabine Decatur, Annalisa Dias, and Tara Moses (Seminole/Mvskoke) and features: Ashley Minner Jones (Lumbee Nation of North Carolina), DeLesslin George-Warren (Catawba), Dillon Yruegas (Coahuiltecan), Linda Parris-Bailey, Madeline Easley (Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma), Phaedra Scott, Quita Sullivan (Shinnecock/Montauket), and Stephanie Ybarra. Book design and illustrations by Melissa Dias-Mandoly.
This is the E-BOOK version. A downloadable link will be emailed upon purchase.
Contributors
The journal was co-edited by Sabine Decatur, Annalisa Dias, and Tara Moses (Seminole/Mvskoke) and features: Ashley Minner Jones (Lumbee Nation of North Carolina), DeLesslin George-Warren (Catawba), Dillon Yruegas (Coahuiltecan), Linda Parris-Bailey, Madeline Easley (Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma), Phaedra Scott, Quita Sullivan (Shinnecock/Montauket), and Stephanie Ybarra. Book design and illustrations by Melissa Dias-Mandoly.
This is the E-BOOK version. A downloadable link will be emailed upon purchase.
Table of Contents
Peer Reviews
“a rich and varied tapestry of art and theory, which is grounded in decolonial practice and thought… I am looking forward to reading further issues in this important series.”
Dr. Jill Carter (Anishinaabe/Ashkenazi), University of Toronto
“It feels so alive, vital and of this moment. The journal offers substantive, significant and innovative ideas and material.”
Sophia Skiles, Brown University / Trinity Rep
“Building upon years of collaborative engagements, generations of knowledge and care, Start with the Ground reflects both a new approach to Indigenous storytelling, theorizing, and creative expression, and an insistence on belonging to ancestral traditions. It insists on creative sovereignty, conceptual dexterity, and an abiding sense of direct engagement with the material world. Across a range of texts, including reader worksheets, roundtable discussions, critical essays, poetry, and visual and dramatic art, it asks that we think and dream in the language of the land, the body, the heart. This is a collection not just of stories, but of the forces of relational thinking that keep us grounded.”
Dr. Joseph Pierce (Cherokee), Stony Brook University
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Worksheet 1 - Definition Bank
- Creative Sovereignty by Tara Moses (Seminole/Mvskoke)
- June 7, 2020: Druid Lake, Baltimore by Annalisa Dias
- Rivers by Ashley Minner Jones (Lumbee Nation of North Carolina)
- Worksheet 2 - Reflections
- Saying the Hard Part Out Loud: A Roundtable Discussion on Settler Colonialism within Communities of Color featuring Annalisa Dias, Dillon Yruegas (Coahuiltecan), Linda Parris-Bailey, Phaedra Scott, Quita Sullivan (Shinnecock/Montauket), Stephanie Ybarra, and Tara Moses (Seminole/Mvskoke). Facilitated by Madeline Easley (Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma) and Sam Morreale. Edited by Sabine Decatur
- August 25, 2020: Appalachian Mountains, Virginia/Tennessee border by Annalisa Dias
- Arbeka (excerpt) by Tara Moses (Seminole/Mvskoke)
- Dramaturgies of Decomposition by Annalisa Dias
- Worksheet 3 - Scavenger Hunt
- My Familiar by Linda Parris-Bailey
- Ravine by DeLesslin George-Warren (Catawba)
- Worksheet 4 - Continued Learning
- About the Artists
- Blank Note Pages
Peer Reviews
“a rich and varied tapestry of art and theory, which is grounded in decolonial practice and thought… I am looking forward to reading further issues in this important series.”
Dr. Jill Carter (Anishinaabe/Ashkenazi), University of Toronto
“It feels so alive, vital and of this moment. The journal offers substantive, significant and innovative ideas and material.”
Sophia Skiles, Brown University / Trinity Rep
“Building upon years of collaborative engagements, generations of knowledge and care, Start with the Ground reflects both a new approach to Indigenous storytelling, theorizing, and creative expression, and an insistence on belonging to ancestral traditions. It insists on creative sovereignty, conceptual dexterity, and an abiding sense of direct engagement with the material world. Across a range of texts, including reader worksheets, roundtable discussions, critical essays, poetry, and visual and dramatic art, it asks that we think and dream in the language of the land, the body, the heart. This is a collection not just of stories, but of the forces of relational thinking that keep us grounded.”
Dr. Joseph Pierce (Cherokee), Stony Brook University
