The Ignoramus's Guide to Surviving Humanity

Ep 20 Thiago Jesus on reimagining Indigenous collaborations with artists from the Kuikuro people in the Brazilian Amazon

In part one of our conversation, Wei and Ileana talk to creative producer, curator and researcher, Thiago Jesus on the first two of his current art projects with Indigenous Kuikuro artist Takuma Kuikuro, “OCA RED: The Nature of Living Together, 2021” in La Biennale di Venezia and “Natural Future Museums” part of the Reimagining Museums for Climate Action exhibition at Glasgow Science Centre for #COP26.  We discuss what it means to be in equal collaboration with Indigenous peoples, the provocation of giving Indigenous lands museum status and how this Cop26 might be the most important even of our lifetime.

Artwork by 𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗟𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗪𝗔 @denilsonbaniwa (Instagram)

www.denilsonbaniwa.com.br

For more information on the installations:

https://peoplespalaceprojects.org.uk/en/

https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2021/across-borders/acasa-gringo-cardia-design

Thiago Jesus is a London-based Brazilian creative producer, curator and researcher. He works as Senior Project Manager at People's Palace Projects and leads the Indigenous Exchange and Climate Action programme. Thiago is a Royal Society of Arts fellow, holds a Master's Degree in Visual Culture from the University of Westminster and is currently a PhD Drama candidate at Queen Mary University of London with a London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP) Research Studentship.

Clips from this episode from:

ETE LONDON - London as a Village

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FciwjZ_1B1w&t=7s

OLOGIKO: Artistic Residency in an Indigenous Village

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVYmSO2n7lE&list=PLH7kuIXtCmBoLovWrFE9S6WlsDhFTL2C_&index=1&t=358s

Natural Future Museums (teaser)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHfd9DaGh44

Biennale Architettura 2021 – ACASA GRINGO CARDIA DESIGN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj2B3y8r2w8&t=1s

KUARUP final video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWRYb7qpY_0

What You Need To Know About The Amazon's Burning Season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR1FY7paAs

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On this week’s podcast, Ileana and community organiser, Saorsa have an honest conversation about their own evolving Sinophobia, biases and susceptibility to the propaganda they were brought up in (Spoiler alert! It’s from the West) and what we can do to battle seemingly ubiquitous imperial brainwashing.

Check out the Tricontinental article on poverty alleviation in China: "Serve the People: The Eradication of Extreme Poverty in China" https://thetricontinental.org/studies-1-socialist-construction/

The Italian report on Xin Jiang:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Hr6c0ubP0DGH8QbqApr3nTdlGZOpfNN/view?usp=sharing

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On this week’s podcast, Wei and Ileana talk to Dr Anna Sulan Masing about Iban longhouse parties, the versatility of sarongs, how cinnamon unites us all and that both cheese and the Cheese Magazine might both be accidental moments of genius.

Follow @annasulan on twitter and instagram 

More about Anna Sulan Masing here:

https://linktr.ee/annasulan

Get The Cheese Magazine here: https://www.thecheesemagazine.com/shop

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On this week’s podcast, Anne and Ileana talk to Jeremy Lyne, a doctoral student in his second to last year in a clinical psychology program in California whose clinical work and research both focus on working with individuals and couples who have a history of complex trauma utilizing a combination of relational and body based approaches. He is currently researching how to utilize couples therapy and trauma center trauma sensitive yoga for partners to treat complex trauma for one or all individuals in the relationship and to top it all off he is also a certified sex coach.

They discuss what trauma actual is, the markers to look out for that will help you determine whether or not you have experienced it, useful tools to handle trauma in relationships and how to recognize if you are in an abusive relationship.

If you’re looking for trauma based therapy for individuals or for couples and are in the LA area:

Fuller Psychological and Family Services Clinic 

This is particularly good for anyone dealing with faith based issues.

(626) 584-5555

https://www.fuller.edu/fuller-psychological-and-family-services/

Rose City Center (Pasadena) 

626-793-8609  

https://www.rosecitycenter.org/

Books mentioned in episode: 

Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy: Bringing the Body into Treatment by David Emerson

Mindsight: Transform Your Brain with the New Science of Empathy by Dan Siegel

Developmental Couple Therapy for Complex Trauma: A Manual for Therapists by Heather MacIntosh

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On this week’s podcast, Anne and Ileana talk to actors and creatives Max Carver and Scott Victor Nelson about our book of September, “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma” by Bessel A. Van der Kolk. They discuss how this book changed both their lives, the personal and often harrowing journey of accepting their traumas and how facing your pain as uncomfortable as it may be is instrumental to living a full whole life.

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Part one and two of our conversation with Febriana Firdaus and Vincent Bevins on "The Jakarta Method” 

How anticommunism led by the US capitalist agenda killed millions. Part One.

On this week’s podcast, Wei and Ileana talk to Indonesian journalist Febriana Firdaus and American journalist and author, Vincent Bevins on his bestselling book “The Jakarta Method”. We discuss how the US backed capitalist agenda led to the mass killings of innocent unarmed leftists across the global south and especially how it led to the massacre of over a million Indonesians in 1965, an event that is still being silenced to this day.

Articles by Febriana Firdaus here: https://www.febrianafirdaus.com muckrack.com/febrianafirdaus

Watch “Our Mothers’ Land” here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwro9TsU2mE&t=4s

Articles on the 2016 Symposium: https://www.rappler.com/world/catatan-simposium-pancasila-hari-pertama

Get the book here:

https://vincentbevins.com/book/

CIA fratboys, reclaiming history and fake sextapes with Vincent Bevins & Febriana Firdaus. Part Two.

 A Conversation with Vincent Bevins and Febriana Firdaus on "The Jakarta Method”. Part Two.

On this week’s podcast, Wei and Ileana continue their conversation with Vincent Bevins and Febriana Firdaus about “The Jakarta Method”. They discuss how this book could help new generations of Indonesians to reclaim their history, the frat boy mentality of the CIA and Vincent destroys Christmas for all of us. 

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On this week’s podcast, Wei and Ileana continue their conversation with Vincent Bevins and Febriana Firdaus about “The Jakarta Method”. They discuss how this book could help new generations of Indonesians to reclaim their history, the frat boy mentality of the CIA and Vincent destroys Christmas for all of us. 

Articles by Febriana Firdaus here: https://www.febrianafirdaus.com muckrack.com/febrianafirdaus

Get the book here:

https://vincentbevins.com/book/

Find the Ignoramus Guide on all the podcast places and if you want to help us grow become a patron on Patreon. All links here: https://linktr.ee/Theignoramusguide

#theignoramusguide #podcast #eseavoices #antiimperialism #ignoranceisntbliss #thejakartamethod #gaslightingawareness

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On this week’s podcast, Wei and Ileana talk to Indonesian journalist Febriana Firdaus and American journalist and author, Vincent Bevins on his bestselling book “The Jakarta Method”. We discuss how the US backed capitalist agenda led to the mass killings of innocent unarmed leftists across the global south and especially how it led to the massacre of over a million Indonesians in 1965, an event that is still being silenced to this day.

Articles by Febriana Firdaus here: https://www.febrianafirdaus.com muckrack.com/febrianafirdaus

Watch “Our Mothers’ Land” here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwro9TsU2mE&t=4s

Articles on the 2016 Symposium: https://www.rappler.com/world/catatan-simposium-pancasila-hari-pertama

Get the book here:

https://vincentbevins.com/book/

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On this week’s podcast, Wei and Ileana talk to BESEA.N founding member and one of the hosts of the podcast “But where are you from?”, Mai-anh Peterson. They discuss the many layers of identity, racism and ignorance, the BESEA.N community HQ bat signal and how gaslighting by a certain Guardian reader editor may have been the impetus for starting BESEA.N.

Follow BESEA.N on instagram: @besea.n

Find out more here: https://linktr.ee/besea.n

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On this week’s podcast, Anne and Ileana talk to Mexican born actress and former undocumented youth, Mariel Martinez about our book of July "The Undocumented Americans" By Karla Villavicencio.  

In part two, we discuss how the dehumanizing language around immigration is damaging, getting into the minds of right wing pundits as a survival mechanism and some updates on the Biden administration and Mariel’s citizenship status!

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