WOMEN, PLANTS AND HEALING CYCLE
Traditional knowledge associated with medicinal herbs and plants is the result of centuries of coexistence of peoples and traditional communities with their biomes of origin, exploring their potential in different ways. They reflect a relationship of bodies-territories as an existence in the world.
This knowledge is closely related to the other dimensions of social life, family histories and systems of transmitting knowledge and worldviews, and is intrinsically associated with the spiritual dimensions, personal trajectories, cultural identity and collective memory of each community, group or region.
Inspired by the knowledge of four women from black and indigenous territories in Pernambuco and Paraíba, this reading cycle – Women, Plants and Healing – proposes a drift through the practices and knowledge of these women-territory, based on their narratives, trajectories and medicinal and edible backyards, home to a collection of herbs and plants used in their midwifery, healings, blessings and prayer activities.
ABOUT THE CYCLE
The cycle is a result of the Plantas e Ervas Medicinais das Mulheres da Zona da Mata Norte Notebook, conceived by Ana Carvalho and Marília Nepomuceno in collaboration with women from the Mata Norte region, in Pernambuco.
The Women, Plants and Healing online cycle includes 4 online meetings, notebooks and complementary materials, which you can access via the icons on this page.
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VEGETABLE NOTEBOOK
