In Saint-Louis, Senegal, it is customary to bring offerings to the water spirits when a child gets born. They traditionally make offering to the Spirit of the River. The building of infrastructures for water mastery has endangered the delta environment in the beginning of the 1980s. And populations are suffering.

The unfulfilled promise of the Agrarian Reform in Brazil. On weighing up three years of managing the country, Agrarian Reform is still one of the unfulfilled promises of the Lula government in Brazil. Lula's rise to power raised the hopes of the social movements that want to democratise the land and the occupation of large unproductive landholdings increased, but so did the violence of the paramilitary commandos that defend the interests of the landowners, with the collusion of the local legal authorities. Seventy three people died in rural conflicts in 2003, murdered by gunmen who act with impunity.

Intimists and emblematic portraits tell the current destiny of the peuls of West Africa. In Mali, one of the poorest states of the world, these people are confronted with the terrible question of his future. In a malian society in full transformation, can the traditions and the way of life of these seminomad shepherds continue to exist in front of the inevitable modernization of the country? Through a touching meeting with this traditional culture, the narrative shows the universal movement of transformation of rural mentalities.

“In early 1994, almost by chance, we reached the Silva Reservoir in San Francisco del Rincón, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, and were met by a heartrending site: hundreds of dead and dying birds scattered throughout the area. In a two-month period, over thirty five thousand birds died as a result of the contaminated water. These episodes are omens of the world to come”.

The slow life of a little village near the city, and the city's fast pace. How can these two competing world views be reconciled' Is there a third way, a truly sustainable form of development? With the help of Luca Mercally, the filmmakers try to map out several possible pathways and a “solution” that could point us in the right direction.

ECOSYSTEMIC MEMORIES OF THE CITY

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ECOSYSTEMIC MEMORIES OF THE CITY

Collaboration with Bornlab (El Borne CCM) for a collective approach to the contemporary imaginary of natural resources and territory, based on the sharing of current geopolitical issues that have an echo in the city of Barcelona.

This edition of the community studies group "Ecosystemic memories of the city" proposes a series of sessions in which we collectively approach the contemporary imaginary of natural resources and territory, based on the sharing of some current geopolitical issues that have an echo in the city of Barcelona.

Natural resources and the territory, based on the sharing of some current geopolitical issues that have an echo in the city of Barcelona. Through the contributions of various entities and people who connect us with critical archives, social actions and cultural initiatives in the city, we will address the recovery of community forms of agricultural social organization in contemporary pedagogies, images and slogans of movements for the protection of the land, as well as the reflection, from various worldviews, on cultural heritage and in connection with environmental issues that affect different international contexts.

The programme is organised in a participatory methodology that includes working groups where knowledge is pooled and perspectives are shared between guests and participants. In the different meetings, cultural proposals are discussed to explore the relationship between memory, community and ecology through collaborative experimentation and public action, which are included in the fanzine that is distributed in the closing session.

The Community Studies Group is a proposal of Bornlab, the community mediation programme of Borne CCM with the support of community mediation programme of Borne CCM in collaboration with Coalició Prou Complicitat amb Israel, La Colectiva de Chilenas de Barcelona, Comunitat Palestina de Barcelona, Laboratorio Móvil, OVNI (observatori de Vídeo No identificat) , Ruangrupa i docents i investigadores de l’Institut Català d’Antropologia, el Col·legi de Psicòlegs de Barcelona, l’Escola Massana and la Universitat de Barcelona.

Further information and registration: elbornculturaimemoria

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Thursday 8.2.24 from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.

Through the audiovisual archive, we will reflect on movements led by communities in Chiapas, Palestine and Ecuador who are

Chiapas, Palestine and Ecuador who are organising themselves against the deterioration of their ecosystems and claiming the right to use and protect their land.

1_ Land and traditions

Our existence on this planet is precarious. This film exposes globalisation and the mantra of infinite growth in a finite world for what it really is: an environmental and human disaster. But across India marginal farmers are fighting back. By reviving an arcane form of agriculture, they are saving their poisoned lands and exposing the bio-colonialism of multinational corporations. One Man, One Cow, One Plant tells their story through the teachings of an expert in biodynamic agriculture, Peter Proctor, who teaches organic and biodynamic methods in India. This film is a model for a post-industrial future. The result of the battle for control of agriculture in India may dictate the future of the planet.

Paradise Later is a documentary adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel "Heart of Darkness." Inside the head of a trader, we travel on a river that meanders through apocalyptic scenery. Available online until December 27th 2020.

Canada's tar sands are an oil reserve the size of England. Extracting the crude oil called bitumen from underneath unspoiled wilderness requires a massive industrialized effort with far-reaching impacts on the land, air, water, and climate. It is an extraordinary spectacle, the scope of which can only be understood from high above. In a hypnotic flight of image and sound, one machine's perspective upon the choreography of others, suggests a dehumanized world where petroleum's power is supreme.