[Reimagining Ecological Landscapes]

— English and German below —

[Reimaginando paisagens ecológicas | 31.10 e 1.11 | SPORE, Berlim]
Em um momento de profundas crises ecológicas, sociais, legais e éticas, como podemos começar a reparar o que parece irreparável — as feridas causadas pelo extrativismo e pelo colapso ambiental? Como podemos ouvir as diversas gramáticas do solo e cultivar novas paisagens para vivermos juntes de outra forma? Este encontro de dois dias reúne ativistas, acadêmicos e artistas do Brasil e de Berlim para refletir sobre as consequências duradouras dos desastres minerais em Minas Gerais e as lutas socioterritoriais no Maranhão. Juntes, vamos nos refletivir coletivamente sobre justiça, reparação e a imaginação de futuros ecológicos e sociais transformadores.

[Reimagining Ecological Landscapes | 31.10 and 1.11 | SPORE, Berlin]
In a moment of profound ecological, social, legal, and ethical crises, how can we begin to repair what seems irreparable — the wounds carved by extractivism and environmental collapse? How might we listen to the many grammars of the soil and cultivate new landscapes for living together otherwise?
This two-day gathering brings together activists, scholars, and artists from Brazil and Berlin to reflect on the enduring consequences of mining disasters in Minas Gerais and the ongoing socio-territorial struggles in Maranhão. Together, we will engage in collective reflections on justice, reparation, and the imagination of transformative ecological and social futures.

[Ökologische Landschaften neu denken | 31.10. und 1.11. | SPORE, Berlin]
In einer Zeit tiefgreifender ökologischer, sozialer, rechtlicher und ethischer Krisen stellt sich die Frage, wie wir beginnen können, das scheinbar Unwiederbringliche wiederherzustellen – die durch Rohstoffabbau und Umweltzerstörung verursachten Schäden.
Wie können wir den vielfältigen Sprachen des Bodens zuhören und neue Landschaften kultivieren, um auf andere Weise zusammenzuleben?
Dieses zweitägige Treffen bringt Aktivist:innen, Wissenschaftler:innen und Künstler:innen aus Brasilien und Berlin zusammen, um über die anhaltenden Folgen der Bergbaukatastrophen in Minas Gerais und die andauernden sozio-territorialen Konflikte in Maranhão nachzudenken. Gemeinsam werden wir uns mit Fragen der Gerechtigkeit, Wiedergutmachung und der Vorstellung einer transformativen ökologischen und sozialen Zukunft auseinandersetzen.

Programação. Program. Programm: (Portugues-English-Deutsch)
English: https://spore-initiative.org/en/programming/participate/series/reimagining-ecological-landscapes
Deutsch: https://spore-initiative.org/de/programm-in-berlin/besuchen-und-mitmachen/series/okologische-landschaften-neu-denken

Friday 31.10:
– 19h30: Grammars of the Soil – Roundtable (Screening of excerpts from “A Mãe de Todas as Lutas” and roundtable conversation with: Juliana Robles de la Pava (postdoctoral researcher and art historian involved in the project Muddy Measures: When Wetlands and Heritage Converse, which engages with colonial histories of exploitation and extraction), Danilo Chammas (Instituto Cordillheira, lawyer and legal representative of the family and victims of ecological disaster – AVABRUM), Ronaldo Barros Sodré (Professor at the Department of Geoscience and Geography at the Federal University of Maranhão​​​​​​) and Constanze Lemmerich from maiz brasil who will moderate the conversation).

Saturday 1.11:
– Workshop with Clay, Mud, and Ashes (10h) *requires prior registration
– Collective meal (12h30): Feijoada by Quilombo Allee: Sandra Bello, founder and coordinator of Quilombo Allee in Berlin, will cook for us a communal vegan feijoada.
– Beyond Property | Film Screening (14h): Calls earth earth calls, Regie Raquel Versieux und Roberto Freitas (Brasilien 2023, 31 min) | Quilombo, Continuum, Regie Juliana Streva (Brasilien 2023, 24 min) | Mãri hi – The Tree of Dream, Regie Morzaniel Ɨramari (Brasilien 2023, 17min)
– Seeding new Landscapes – Roundtable (16h-17h30): Roundtable with: Walla Capelobo (multidisciplinary artist. Their practice addresses sensitive issues of existence, supported by Afro-Indigenous South American technologies, speculative ecologies, present-day archaeologies, dreams, and delusions), Pablo Martins Fontes da Silva (Lawyer on the Human Rights Litigation team at the Cordilheira Institute. Together with the Association of Victims‘ Families (AVABRUM), he is providing legal support for the lawsuit against TÜV Süd)), Raimunda Francisca Vieira Paz (Head of the Center for the Defense of Life and Human Rights in Balsas (MA), president of the Camponês Association (ACA), and activist for the rights of traditional peoples and communities, she works to preserve the Cerrado and promote socio-environmental justice)), Moderation: Constanze Lemmerich (maiz brasil)

At SPORE – Hermannstraße 86, 12051 Berlin

Organized by maiz brasil – treemedia e.V. | Spore Initiative
In cooperation with Misereor, FDCL, ECCHR, Kooperation Brasilien, pepp e.V., Lateinamerikaforum, Instituto Cordilheira, AVABRUM, Centro de Direitos Humanos da Diocese de Balsas, Federal University of Maranhão
Conceptual Creator and Project Management: Constanze Lemmerich
Curatorial Producer and Cultural Networker: Franziska Gerth
Curated by Juliana Streva and Viviane Tabach
Design by Lúcio Teles, based on the artwork of Júlia Pontés