Alex Lucitante: Ancestral Science [ENG]

Описание: Alex Lucitante (Cofán Indigenous People, Colombia and Ecuador) knows that many Indigenous peoples have been compelled to speak the language of the law in order to be heard. Yet he insists on another language as well: the ancestral science of yagé, which has guided his people for millennia and sustains their relationship with their territory.
The Cofán, known as the People of Yagé, have woven their history around this sacred vine. Alex descends from a lineage that has safeguarded this knowledge and protected it deep within the forest. His mission is to ensure that this science does not fade—to keep it at the center of territorial defense and to help future generations remember that yagé is alive, and that she, too, speaks.

Crossing the River is a podcast in which we hear from Indigenous leaders that defend life on earth every day: in their own words, because they are the protagonists of their stories. Indigenous leaders are the voices that the world must listen to in order to make the collective decisions that define our present and future. Indigenous leaders have crossed the river from shore to shore many times and used different strategies to talk with Western society, but the West continues to do it only with violence, to colonize, extract, and destroy. This is an exercise to change that.

Crossing the River is a podcast from the More Than Human Life Program (MOTH), based at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law and 070 Podcasts.

Thank you to Alex Lucitante for sharing your story and leadership with us.

This episode was co-created by Carlos Andrés Baquero-Díaz from MOTH, Natalia Arenas, and Goldy Levy. The sound design and mix was made by Andrés Villegas. The images of this podcast are made by Nefazta. The music is from Cosmo Sheldrake.

Learn more about the MOTH project here: https://mothrights.org/project/podcas...

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