How can ancestral life skills help us repair the broken relationship with more-than-human kin? Welcome to a performative workshop where we explore this question with fire as our guide!
When: April 17 at 14.15-16.00
Registration: https://doit.medfarm.uu.se/bin/kurt3/kurt/8901558 free of charge with limited number of places
Location: The event will take place in Stadsskogen, in Uppsala. A more specific location you find here: 59°50’48.2″N 17°37’19.6″E, see map here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/E4rRLHZGGh3gPN6o8
This is the northernmost designated fireplace. Towards the east from the the fireplace, there is an entrance into the forest, at the crossing between Kåbovägen and Södra Rudbecksgatan. If you enter the forest here, you will find the fireplace 100m further on your right side.
Take with you:
- Dress warm! We will be outside and sitting still for the entire event.
- Kåsa or cup for tea, ideally wood, ceramic, or glass. There will be some cups to borrow.
- A snack or something sweet to have with tea if you want.
- Ground pad/sleeping mat to sit if you have.
The event includes:
- demonstration of bow drill – one of the ancient techniques of starting fire by friction, and
- guided tasting of fireweed tea – a forgotten wild herb that has been historically harvested and used in the North.
A unique way to spend your afternoon ‘fika’ and discover new perspectives on nature around you.
Maxim Vlasov is a researcher-practitioner with interest in ancestral skills and cultural rewilding, including applications of these ideas in the contemporary outdoor education, recreation, and subsistence. Alongside his academic work, he runs his own practice as wilderness guide and currently teaches at the year-long course Naturliv. The event is part of his four-year project ‘Surviving with more-than-human kin’ – https://www.survivingwith.earth/