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We explored the concept of what it means to “do UNSETTLING” (in the colonial meaning of the word). After discussion, we arrived at the practice of taking time…
Me anno 2011, loving finally feeling Settled while digging a hole to plant a small tree on MY OWN piece of land after having been forced out of…
This images describes the story of the summer of 2021, when the interior of BC was literally on fire. I would not equate our actions with those of…
A comic warm up describing the story of the hummingbird. I find it fascinating the characters include BOTH elephants and beavers.
Today we will warmup by listening to the first quarter of the Hummingbird story and showing a scene from our personal lives that connects with the story. unsettled:…
In our first session, we will do warmup comic “statio”. Then do a round of introductions. I will give a brief introduction to the UN-settling LAb. Then we…
First quarter of the story … …………………………………………… Here is the story of the great forest that caught on fire. The terrible fire raged and burned. All of the…
Second quarter of the story … ………………………………………….. Only Dukdukdiya, the little hummingbird, would not abandon the forest. Dukdukdiya flew quickly to the stream. She picked up a single…
Third quarter of the story … ………………………………………….. The other animals watch Dukdukdiya’s tiny body fly against the enormous fire, and they were frightened. They called out to the…
The fourth quarter of the story … ………………………………………….. The other animals watched Dukdukdiya’s tiny body fly against the enormous fire, and they were frightened. They called out to…
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