Ancestral plantings. Knowledge in the AfroPacific

In this text, Juan Garcia Salazar and Catherine Walsh draw from and extend portions of their conversations begun a number of years ago about the sowing and re-sowing of knowledge and life in the communities of the Colombo-Ecuadorian region-territory of the AfroPacific. The conversation invokes and thinks with a third voice, that of Grandfather Zenon, considered the Grandfather of all those beings who reside in this territory. It is Zenon's voice that expresses and brings to life the words, teachings, and collective memory of the elders past and present, and, in so doing, continues the ancestral plantings, giving meaning and force to the collective philosophies, knowledges, and memory that persist, resist, and re-exist in the AfroPacific and beyond in these present times. Neste texto, Juan Garcia Salazar e Catherine Walsh retornam e ampliam partes da convers iniciadoa ha varios anhos atras sobre semeaduras e re-semeaduras de conhecimento e vida nas comunidades do Afropacifico Colombiano-Equatoriano. A convers invoca e pensa com uma terceira voz o Vovo Zenon, considerado o vovo de todos os seres que residem neste territorio. e a voz do Zenon aquelea que expressa e da vida as palavras, ensinamentos e memoria coletiva dos mais velhos do passado e do presente. Ao faze-lo, da continuidade as semeaduras ancestrais, dando sentido e forca as filosofias, conhecimento e memorias coletivas que persistem, resistem e reexistem no AfroPacifico e ainda mais nos tempos atuais. En este texto, Juan Garcia Salazar y Catherine Walsh retoman y amplian partes de su conversacion iniciada hace varios anos atras sobre la siembra y re-siembra de saberes y vida en las comunidades de la region-territorio colombo-ecuatoriana del Afropacifico. La conversacion invoca y piensa con una tercera voz, la del Abuelo Zenon, considerado el abuelo de todos los seres que residen en este territorio. Es la voz de Zenon la que expresa y da vida a las palabras, ensenanzas y memoria colectiva de los y las mayores del pasado y del presente y, al hacerlo, continua las siembras ancestrales, dando sentido y fuerza a las filosofias, saberes y memorias colectivas que persisten, resisten y re-existen en el AfroPacifico y mas alla en estos tiempos actuales.

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In this text, Juan Garcia Salazar and Catherine Walsh discuss the cultivation and re-cultivation of knowledge and life in the communities of the AfroPacific region. Through the voice of Grandfather Zenon, they continue the ancestral plantings and give meaning and strength to the collective philosophies, knowledges, and memories that persist and resist in the present times.