HACKING THE LAND OWNERSHIP NARRATIVE
In the era of extermination, where the race for infinite economic growth is leading us to planetary collapse, we call for a reimagining of narratives about our belonging to Earth.
The idea of land ownership sits at the heart of an extraction-based, global operating system. Land laws have been created by the logic of separation from the natural world, class hierarchies, elite ownership, structural racism and the enclosure and privatization of the commons.
Culture Hack Labs
Culture Hack Labs (CHL) is a not-for-profit consultancy that supports organizations, social movements and activists to create cultural interventions for systems change.
Our mission is to change the cultural narratives that create and justify ecological breakdown, extraction, and structural inequality.
Our process is based on an integrated set of tools and techniques to track, research and intervene in cultural narratives. We capture and map large volumes of social data using the Culture Hack Platform. We then analyze the networks, language, and deep logics to develop insights and content to evolve culture through narratives.
NARRATIVE ACTION
CHL is convening a group of 24 land defenders, activists, and system change practitioners from Alaska to Central America to engage in a collective ‘hack’ on the land ownership narrative.
Our aim is to combine CHL’s methodology and technology platform for narrative analysis with on-the-ground expertise and organizing capacity of land defenders to shift the narrative and evolve culture beyond the construct of land ownership.
WHAT TO EXPECT
This will be a 4-month online container that begins June 2023 and will culminate in an in-person gathering in Costa Rica in August 2023. The cohort will be active participants in the ‘hack’ and move through the following touchpoints each week. In addition to the cohort, we will make the content available to an accompaniment circle that would like to follow along the journey.
Each month, we’ll have four touchpoints.
Week 1: Narrative Masterclass
One masterclass which will cover four key aspects of Culture Hacking.
Week 2: Collective Hack
One session where we collaboratively move through the Culture Hack Labs methodology with the participation of the cohort.
Week 3: Guest Webinar
One webinar where we invite guests to speak on topics related to the land ownership narrative and the defense of land.
Week 4: Reflection and Integration
One session for reflection and to create the space for integration.
OFFERING
For the cohort of land defenders, activists, system change practitioners, we offer:
An introduction to narrative work, sharing tools and methodologies
A space for practitioners to collaborate and explore narrative approaches
Webinar guest series with leading minds and hearts in the field
An in-person gathering in Costa Rica bringing together the cohort in August 2023
Collaborative digital space to work together
An opportunity to build relations with other land defenders/regenerators to collaborate around potential movements or actions beyond the 4-month process.
This program is free for participants. Costs of the gathering will be covered including airfare.
For the accompaniment circle following along on the journey, we offer:
Access to live sessions and recordings of the narrative master classes, webinars, and collective hack.
*all content will be offered in English and Spanish.