What do we work on?
At La Ceiba Milenaria, we work toward the recovery—or restitution—of our bonds with nature, a term that we expand under the concept of The Whole, from different complementary perspectives.
Conceptual reflection
We believe that naming is important because of the production of meaning that occurs in the act itself, as Vanessa Fonseca tells us in her text América es nombre de mujer (1997). Given the crisis that humanity is facing at this moment, it is necessary to build words, concepts, and any other linguistic tools that help us name and, therefore, generate new meanings to confront the crisis that is beginning to intensify.
Research
At La Ceiba, we work on recovering what can be defined as ancestral principles of existence. That is, conceptions of life that transcend the parameters imposed by the anthropocentric world established by the Western matrix of existence, and which were present in many peoples around the world and are still evident in many places today. In this sense, it is necessary to carry out deep research to understand these principles and disseminate them as tools in the face of the crisis we are experiencing.
Outreach
Our research, reflections, and all the ideas woven at La Ceiba are present in the virtual world. Whether in video or text format, we consider it of vital importance that the word circulates in all directions. This is particularly relevant for those of us who build thought from the Global South, a location that, within the current map of power, becomes a space with greater difficulties in accessing broader circuits for the dissemination of ideas due to the colonial conditions and coloniality that affect us.
Supporting communities
At the La Ceiba Milenaria Foundation, we work on community initiatives that are linked to our greater objective: the restitution of the bonds between human beings and nature, mainly through the recovery of the perspective of our elders: sacredness. Although this topic is very broad, we believe it should be seen as a kind of matrix from which many different types of human activities emerge.
Among these, we can mention: ancestral dances that seek to strengthen the “creative imagination,” which is necessary to understand life beyond immediate materiality; ancestral knowledge, because many of these forms of knowledge reflect the existence of another type of relationship between human beings and nature (The Whole); the cultivation of food and/or medicinal plants, an activity that is a direct and concrete form of re-connection; among others.
HEREThe Whole is a concept that goes beyond nature; it includes all the immaterial aspects of everything that surrounds us.
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