Keeping the World Intact with Hugh Brody

Tuesday December 10th
Doors & drinks 6.30pm; Talk starts 7pm

The anthropologist and film-maker Hugh Brody has spent a lifetime immersed in communities of indigenous peoples of the Arctic and sub-Arctic.

In this talk followed by discussion, Hugh will share some stories of, and insights from, the people whose lives he’s been lucky enough to learn from. Those like the Inuit who have lived by keeping the world intact.

In Inuit culture, when a child receives a name, it isn’t just a name, but more a form of reincarnation. This speaks to the web of connections the Inuit experience, through time and across the land. Their recognition of these connections leads to knowledge, and ultimately to respect. This is but one example of a system of belief and social life that builds social equality and a sustainable environment.

Imperialism has shaped - and continues to shape - our world. Disastrous climate change is its environmental corollary. Indigenous peoples around the world know this all too deeply; they experience the most direct impacts. And they have led the way in resistance.

Perhaps the most difficult thing about our moment in history is the force of invasive pessimism. It has become a clouding darkness, a sense of inherent defeat. Understanding very different ways of being in the world - different systems of relating to one another and to all the life we depend on as part of a larger pattern - can provide some seeds of optimism.

The evening will include a break for a one-pot vegan supper.

Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG

Doors open at 6.30pm for drinks. Event starts at 7pm.

£8 Kairos Club Member, £15 Non-member, £10 Struggling financially, £20 Supporter. Food complimentary.

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