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time lapse / elliot rundle
dissertation title A tale of oil, modernism, and intercultural healthcare in the Amazon: How can the health of Ecuador's Indigenous communities be protected? target audience university students carrying out Indigenous research commentary I used oil pastels and ink to represent oil. The colourful aspects of the landscape represent Indigenous forms of knowledge concerning natural resources, whereas the Indigenous people themselves are left colourless by the greed of consumers. Music samples Indigenous protest song in a courtroom which did not have Spanish translation for them. |
narrated by Nemonte Nenquimo (Waorani leader)
“We are, as peoples in general, in Waorani territory and other nationalities, we are defending, demanding that the Ecuadorian government respects our rights to life and the rights of nature… we have thought for thousands of years and we continue to fight, and we have not been heard… we have not been respected. Rather government and capitalism always want to destroy our territory and exploit oil that is below our homes… contaminate water, the environment… indigenous people have lived here for thousands of years."