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Care must be taken to ensure that the seku is adapted to the height and strength of the player; it is recommended that it be as tall as his waist and that he can carry it for a long time while running.
While community supervision was originally designed to help those convicted of crimes reintegrate into society – through mentorship, supportive services and other resources – today, in my view, it largely functions as a punitive surveillance system.
We at Cultural Survival hereby express our deep indignation and solidarity in light of the grave human rights violations committed against the Pataxó People, especially in the Indigenous territories of Barra Velha and Comexatiba, in the southern region of Bahia, Brazil.
The project team plans to build on its success by training aspiring Indigenous broadcasters, conducting follow-up research on the long-term impacts of mining, and expanding its online presence to reach a wider audience.
Emma Ryan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
The community was built with fire-resistant materials and is “designed to IBHS’s highest level of protection against direct flame contact, radiant heat and embers, which helps to meaningfully reduce the likelihood of wildfire spread,” the company said.
An example is the Commission for Historical Clarification, La Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico, which was created in 1994 to clarify the past with “objectivity, justice and impartiality” in response to the thousands of atrocities and human rights violations committed during Guatemala's Сivil War (1960-1996).
The participants agreed that there must be a clear and precise definition of climate change and culturally relevant systems to understand the problem and find community solutions, such as ensuring continuity with agroecological practices, diversifying reforestation, strengthening of seed banks, and use and respect for Traditional Knowledge in the care of the territories.
Through a practice that comprises art making, media producing, exhibition curation, and archival research, he spotlights urgent conversations while leveraging accusations and clamoring for colonially-rooted societies and institutions to reckon with their complicitness in the marginalization of Indigenous Peoples.
These include the appointment of Australia’s first female governor-general in 2008 and prime minister in 2010, the introduction of universal paid parental leave in 2011, a high-profile inquiry into workplace sexual harassment in 2020, and new legislation requiring the public reporting of gender pay gaps in 2023.
Esteban Silva, the workshop's founder, says, "One of the biggest blows we suffered was four years ago when we went to remove the water lilies as part of our program to recover or protect some springs, we saw that herbicides had been applied to the plants and aquatic weeds."
They are brave men, women, elders and youth who are in the last line of defense for their forest communities against commercial or state-owned industrial companies that destroy everything in their path to economic gain and multimillion-dollar profits.