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How to Give Land Back to Itself?
The 3ecologies Project (3e), adopted from the work of philosopher and activist Félix Guattari,2 2 - See Félix Guattari, “The Three Ecologies,” in The Three Ecologies, trans. Ian Pindar and Paul Sutton (London and New Brunswick, NJ: The Athone Press, 2000), 23 – 105; and Félix Guattari, “The New Aesthetic Paradigm,” in Chaosmosis: An Ethico-Aesthetic Paradigm, trans. Paul Bains and Julian Pefanis (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1995), 98 – 118. is “an autonomous learning environment exploring collective techniques for creative thought and practice… dedicated to participatory experimentation in research-creation.”3 3 - “About 3e (The 3ecologies Project),” 3ecologies (website), accessed November 20, 2023, accessible online. One of 3e’s developing projects examines the histories and contexts of private property, settler agriculture, and land development by directly confronting colonial and genocidal systems. This land-based project welcomes anyone who wishes to experiment with a refusal and re-sorting of these systems. For Manning and Massumi, 3e is taking up Gilles Deleuze’s adage that “concepts are nothing if they are not lived.”4 4 - Gilles Deleuze cited in Erin Manning and Brian Massumi, “3ecologies Project: An Interview with Erin Manning and Brian Massumi,” interview by Stacey Moran and Adam Nocek, Techniques Journal 2 (Spring 2022), accessible online.
