Presentation & discussion
(with simultaneous translation into German)
With Maya Indira Ganesh, Shana M. griffin and Sadie Luetmer
Moderated by Maya Indira Ganesh

Undertaking a practice oftentimes requires different modes of extracting resources: material, data, knowledge, etc. But how can one negotiate between extraction, decontextualization, and outright exploitation that could cause unequal flows of knowledge? Even if the lines between inclusion/exclusion are unclear, being included doesn’t always imply access to spaces of knowledge. So how does one proceed when doing research about such a contentious time in an equitable and contextualized manner?

To engage with these themes, participants from around the world will share their practice from the field via video streams, discussing and negotiating what it is they’re showing and their relationship to the place within their projects.

The session will begin with a framing by media scholar Maya Indira Ganesh who will be followed by three different first person accounts of practices at specific sites. Videographer Sadie Luetmer negotiates the ethics of extraction while trying to document different activist struggles in and around Minnesota. Feminist activist and geographer Shana M. griffin brings the session to her hometown New Orleans as we move between different sites on her Displaced walking tour.

The event will be streamed via The Shape of a Practice online environment: http://shape.anthropocene-curriculum.org