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\u00bfQu\u00e9 son las ciudades sin propiedad? Pensamiento relacional ind\u00edgena y futuros urbanos<\/span><\/i><\/h1>\n

About this session<\/h2>\n

How can we collectively imagine non-propertied futures? Property has been a colonial tool to own and disconnect peoples from their lands, minds, and bodies. Racial capitalist regimes have produced elaborate and often nonsensical systems to freeze and control what are otherwise relational networks among lands, humans, and the more-than-human, grounded in co-nurturing dynamics. In this session, we argue that envisioning cities without property requires engaging in relational thinking \u2013a framework deeply rooted in Indigenous worldviews\u2013 and that critical pedagogies can introduce pathways for denaturalizing property and imagining non-propertied futures. Drawing from art-based and critical spatial practices, we will share examples of pedagogical activities to visualize relational dynamics in space, question \u2018productiveness\u2019, challenge institutional land claims, and explore the representation of lived spatial knowledge beyond property lines. Building on these examples, participants will be invited to engage in a visual storytelling exercise to reflect on relationships with land. Together, we will produce a collective object that will live throughout the conference, acting as a catalyst for ongoing conversations and as a potential trace of new relational connections formed among participants. Through this process, we hope these ideas help foster creative visions of how non-propertied relations are possible and already in existence.<\/span>
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\u00bfC\u00f3mo podemos imaginar colectivamente futuros sin propiedad? La propiedad ha sido una herramienta colonial para poseer y desconectar a los pueblos de sus tierras, mentes y cuerpos. Los reg\u00edmenes de capitalismo racial han producido sistemas elaborados y, a menudo, absurdos para congelar y controlar lo que de otro modo ser\u00edan redes relacionales entre las tierras, los seres humanos y lo m\u00e1s-que-humano, fundamentadas en din\u00e1micas de crianza mutua. En esta sesi\u00f3n, sostenemos que imaginar ciudades sin propiedad requiere involucrarse en el pensamiento relacional \u2014un marco profundamente arraigado en las cosmovisiones ind\u00edgenas\u2014 y que las pedagog\u00edas cr\u00edticas pueden abrir caminos para desnaturalizar la propiedad e imaginar futuros sin propiedad. A partir de pr\u00e1cticas espaciales cr\u00edticas y basadas en el arte, compartiremos ejemplos de actividades pedag\u00f3gicas para visualizar din\u00e1micas relacionales en el espacio, cuestionar la “productividad”, desafiar los reclamos institucionales sobre la tierra y explorar la representaci\u00f3n del conocimiento espacial vivido m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de los l\u00edmites de la propiedad. A partir de estos ejemplos, se invitar\u00e1 a los participantes a realizar un ejercicio de narraci\u00f3n visual para reflexionar sobre sus relaciones con la tierra. Juntos, produciremos un objeto colectivo que perdurar\u00e1 a lo largo de la conferencia, actuando como catalizador de conversaciones continuas y como posible huella de nuevas conexiones relacionales formadas entre los participantes. A trav\u00e9s de este proceso, esperamos que estas ideas ayuden a fomentar visiones creativas de c\u00f3mo las relaciones sin propiedad son posibles y ya existen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Session type<\/strong>: Case study<\/p>\n

Presenters<\/h2>\n
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  • Tomateo, Kotsoni & D’Ignazio, Assistant Professor, Indigenous Knowledges & Methodologies, Parsons<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Time listed is Dominican Republic time.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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