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S2 #2.2 | Defending Land & Lineage from Psychedelic Tourism | Wirikuta Preservation Project (ENG)

S2 #2.2 | Defending Land & Lineage from Psychedelic Tourism | Wirikuta Preservation Project (ENG)

FromThe End of Tourism


S2 #2.2 | Defending Land & Lineage from Psychedelic Tourism | Wirikuta Preservation Project (ENG)

FromThe End of Tourism

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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Sep 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Wirikuta Preservation Project is an internationally-run endeavour to protect 500 acres of land for the Wixarika Nation in Estacion de Catorce in the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Their mission is to preserve Wixarika sacred lands & cultural heritage while supporting future generations to continue living their traditional way of life by purchasing threatened land in Estacion de Catorce.Our guests today are Maria Guadalupe Valazquez, Santiago Alonso, and Kristen Alyra Hughes from the Wirikuta Preservation Project. For our English language interview, we’re speaking with Kristen Alyra Hughes.Kristen Alyra Hughes has lived and worked in Indigenous communities throughout the Guatemala, Peru, Mexico and Indonesia for the past decade, building bridges between the transient spiritual communities and native peoples of the land. Currently, Alyra is the Secretary and Project Coordinator for the Wirikuta Preservation Project team of For Goodness Sake. It is one of her greatest passions and dreams in life to see First Nations People receiving their land and creating a future for their generations to comes which fosters sustainability of their culture and way of life.In this episode, we discuss land and institutional betrayal, heritage as intangible, the impacts on Wirikuta territory, lack of respect from foreigners, cultural appropriation, land privatization, the invasion of tourists, and how to support the project.Season 2 is dedicated to our late friend and mentor Gustavo Esteva, grandfather, sage, and co-founder of the University of the Earth in Oaxaca, Mexico. These episodes have been planned and organized in collaboration with our colleagues from the Unitierra Oaxaca.They are dispatches from the resistance.-------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------Website: Wirikuta Preservation Project (English)Wirikuta Preservation Project: GoFundMeWirikuta Preservation Project Video TrailerHuicholes: The Last Guardians of Peyote-------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------Support the podcast and the movement through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theendoftourismDiscover more episodes and join the conversation: http://www.theendoftourism.comFollow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @theendoftourism‍ Get full access to ⌘ Chris Christou ⌘ at chrischristou.substack.com/subscribe
Released:
Sep 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (53)

Welcome to the End of Tourism, a podcast about wanderlust, exile, and radical hospitality. For some, tourism can entail learning, freedom, and financial survival. For others, it means the loss of culture, land, and lineage. Our conversations explore the unauthorized histories and consequences of modern travel. They are dispatches from the resistance. Hosted by Chris Christou. chrischristou.substack.com