Romit Raj, member of the Bannerghatta Hub, was in Finland in December 2022 for a 2-week residency in the Arctic Hub. In December 2022, LBE and Quicksand team member, Romit Raj, member of the Bannerghatta Hub, spent some time in Finland for a 2-week residency in the Arctic Hub. This…

When thinking about solastalgia through our research and understandings of the concept of mental health, we have been thinking a lot about language. Language is one of the interfaces through which our team acknowledges and navigates its differences. With multiple languages spoken across our network of global hubs, we are…

On 9th February 2023, we welcomed visitors to the London Hub at the Wellcome Collection to mark the launch of The End of This World, the third episode of our podcast series, featuring a story of a reindeer corral on top of a mountain. …

A companion piece text to Episode 3 of the Land Body Ecologies Podcast “The End of this World.” by Jenni Laiti and Victoria Pratt “In Mojave thinking, body and land are the same. The words are separated only by the letters ´ii and ´a: ´iimat for body, ´amat for land…

LBE publishes a case study in the Journal of Climate Change and Health. “How do our rights to land and to healthy ecosystems connect to our own rights to health?” “How and in which ways does mental health suffer when land is harmed?” “Can the land and body be recognised…

sharp cracks under the ice a running stream footsteps walking on the ice deep sounds from the turbines a wet sloshing an engine receding a rough scratching sound deep subsonic rumbles the indistinguishable speaking the rhythmic sound of the turbines a stream of flowing water a clean and cold sound silence a low hum a quiet breeze some distant traffic The Free River Podcast is available for you to download and listen. Listen now: https://www.landbodyecologies.com/thefreeriver

Land Body Ecologies, in collaboration with members of our team, Minority Rights Group International, hosted a roundtable discussion on Disability and Minorities in Health and Social Research a few weeks ago in the London Hub. We heard from a range of speakers including Luciana Viegas — Vidas Negras com Deficiência…

This blog follows the journey of Kiran and Anush as they recorded the Deepavali (Diwali) celebrations and rituals of the Lambani Community, living in Ramanaikana (pron. Rama- naya-kana-) Doddi, just outside the Bannerghatta National Park. This blog highlights some of their unique practices and some of the questions we had. …

“When we have film, it’s so helpful for us to live alongside the participants…that’s been such a big strength of visual methodologies.” — Lily Kpobi On 18 October, Land Body Ecologies hosted the screening of Nkabom: A little medicine, a little prayer in the Forum of Wellcome Collection. After the…