We reciprocate a level of mutual respect by learning and working alongside the people in their territories for sustained periods of time. Because of our collective experience in community, the stories we share are theirs and speak to the creative and collaborative nature of our relationships.

March 2, 2026

Worlds between worlds

A vision for a New Amazon in the name of Pablo Amaringo

May 27, 2025

PUCALLPA FLOOD RELIEF UPDATE

A Xapiri Ground post-flood report of recovery, relief and reflection

March 18, 2025

EMERGENCY FLOOD RELIEF PUCALLPA

The most severe flooding occurrence in over 15 years in the Ucayali region continues

October 1, 2024

Ancestral design through the wisdom of the grandmothers

The women of the Mashko Yine artisan association share stories about their traditional woven textile tradition

July 7, 2024

A thin line between the world of animals, plants, and spirit beings.

An artistic depiction of the ancestral story 'The tale of a man who was bitten by a snake' told to us by David Ríos Rivera.

June 5, 2024

The sound of the ancestral heartbeat

The men who are keeping the Matsigenka drum-making tradition alive.

August 9, 2023

The symbolism of nature and ancestral stories

A conceptual mural that links the ancestral stories of the Matsigenka to their natural and graphic origins.

April 1, 2023

Drawn to the forest, the language of plants

Matsigenka youth learn about healing plants and how to leave a lasting impression.

March 23, 2023

Kere Kere - Tracing the Iskonawa kinship

The language of symbols that helps to reconstruct ancestral memory.

February 12, 2023

Indigenous youth and self-documentation

A workshop of instant camera photography with the Shipibo-Konibo youth of Bena Jema.

January 9, 2023

Moon, Myth, and the Matsigenka

Alicia shares the mythological tale of how the yuca plant came to be for the Matsigenka.

January 5, 2023

Instant moments with forest and friends

A self-documentation photography workshop with the Matsigenka youth of Shipetiari.

December 5, 2022

Weaving the stories of her ancestors

Lola shares her personal story of life and learning.

October 3, 2022

Art that is made on the open flame

An ancestral art tradition through the hands of a Shipibo-Konibo ceramist named Adela.

April 14, 2022

An ancestral tradition that honors tobacco as a plant medicine

Samuel continues the tradition of tobacco preparation into a powdered snuff that the Matsigenka call Seri.