Kultivating Kapwa: Conversations with Core, Episode 2.16A
"Confronting Appropriation of Indigenous Culture- from Capitalist Consumption to Sacred Exchange"
During the next few episodes, we will be focusing our conversations with the Core of the Center for Babaylan Studies. We will be bringing our community in to our intimate conversations around our shared and complex perspectives on the issues being faced in the communities we serve and are working in tandem with, adjacent to, or are challenged by.
This is a moment for our community at large to be in deeper understanding about the power of being in complication and expansion as we seek similar visions of justice and liberation. And, for us as a core to share with you all our processes of understanding what movement can look like, even when not everything feels aligned in our communal pursuit. We hope that you will tune in and be in relation to the sacred work and service to our collective community that we are committed to.
In this episode, we are joined by three members of Center for Babaylan Studies Core, Vanessa Ramalho, Joanna LaTorre, and Jen Maramba. We discuss what comes up most when we talk about cultural appropriation, where missteps have occurred, personal uncoverings that have challenged the CfBS Core, and more.
Vanessa Ramalho currently resides on the land of the Nanticoke Lenni Lenape, also known as South New Jersey. Her ancestral lineage on her mother's side is from Samar, Bisayas, in the Philippines, and her father's side is from Sao Nicolau, Cabo Verde. You can contact her by emailing vanessa@babaylan.net.
Joanna LaTorre is originally from Ohlone and Ramaytush land and is currently residing on Coast Salish and Duwammish land. Their ancestral lineages are from Nueva Ecija and Ilocos Sur, as well as Wales, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. You can contact them at jlatorre@babaylan.net
Jennifer Maramba resides on the ancestral lands of the Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. She continues to learn and embody the teachings and sacred contracts of the One Dish with One Spoon Treaty and the Two Row Wampum Treaty. Jennifer honours her ancestral lineage of Pangasinan and Panay Island, from the islands commonly known through the colonial name of the Philippines. You can contact her by emailing jmaramba@babaylan.net.
*Please note that this episode contains brief instances of profanity.*
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Hosted by Jana Lynne Umipig//
Produced by Olivia Sawi//
Co-Produced by Annie Aarons-Sawi//
Music by AstraLogik
