Listen "Seed as Relation"
Episode Synopsis
Drawing from her experience working with food and land justice initiatives, Zayaan Khan examines ways to retrieve knowledge that have become extinct to us. She introduces the notion of ‘seed as relation’, a perspective that encourages using seed as a lens to see and relate with the world and all other living beings. Zayaan shares insights of the process behind her sound-piece ‘Seeds from the Streets to the Seas’ (2019), speaks about fermentation, how grief is embedded in the land in South Africa and much more.
Mentioned in this episode:
Zayaan Khan and Coila-Leah Enderstein – ‘Seeds from the Streets to the Seas’ (2019)
June Bam – ‘Deep listening’Ecocide
Aboriginal dreaming tracks
Magical realismJ.M. CoetzeeZayaan’s research project supported by Prince Claus Fund
Fermentation
Necropolitics
Jorge Luis Borges – “Undivided divinity” in ‘Labyrinths’ (1962)
To know more about Zayaan’s work follow her
on Instagram
Music for the JCAF Knowledge Talks podcast was commissioned by JCAF.
‘INGWENYA’, performed by the Afrikan
Freedom Principle, led by Mandla Mlangeni, © MM
Publishing.
Website URL: https://jcaf.org.zaInstagram: instagram.com/foundation_jcaf/
Mentioned in this episode:
Zayaan Khan and Coila-Leah Enderstein – ‘Seeds from the Streets to the Seas’ (2019)
June Bam – ‘Deep listening’Ecocide
Aboriginal dreaming tracks
Magical realismJ.M. CoetzeeZayaan’s research project supported by Prince Claus Fund
Fermentation
Necropolitics
Jorge Luis Borges – “Undivided divinity” in ‘Labyrinths’ (1962)
To know more about Zayaan’s work follow her
on Instagram
Music for the JCAF Knowledge Talks podcast was commissioned by JCAF.
‘INGWENYA’, performed by the Afrikan
Freedom Principle, led by Mandla Mlangeni, © MM
Publishing.
Website URL: https://jcaf.org.zaInstagram: instagram.com/foundation_jcaf/
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