Andri Snær Magnason & Melanie Goodchild on Regenerative Cultures | Solvable New Works
Channel: Solvable
Date: 2021-12-05

New Works Regeneration is a knowledge commons where conversations are a space for emerging the myriad dimensions of radical improvement. On December 2nd we added the third layer in our Regeneration stack with Andri Snær Magnason for a conversation about Regenerative Cultures in the context of his book, On Time and Water. Together with Melanie Goodchild from the Turtle Island Institute, we shared Icelandic and Anishinaabe stories as we looked backwards into future cultures.

0:00 Adam Lerner introduces the series
1:55 Melanie Goodchild introduction
3:19 Andri Snær Magnason introduction
6:09 Andri reads from On Time and Water
9:13 May Bartlett leads time visualization
17:35 Conversation with Andri & Melanie 
53:42 Sharebacks from breakout room discussions
1:12:07 Melanie reads from On Time and Water
1:15:46 Carrianne Agawa sings honouring the graces of water

REGENERATION NEW WORKS SERIES
We’re in a transitionary socio-cultural moment between systems with a growing recognition of the imperative to change the direction of social and planetary travel. New Works Regeneration is a knowledge commons that uses conversations as a space for emerging the myriad dimensions of radical improvement. The conversations are free and open to all with the intentions of strengthening connections, expanding perspectives, and championing important contributions. Esteemed writers volunteer to spend time with us, sharing their works as prompts for discussion amongst participants in breakouts.

ANDRI SNÆR MAGNASON
Andri Snær Magnason is an Icelandic writer and documentary film director born in Reykjavik. Andri has written novels, poetry, plays, short stories and essays having been published or performed in more than 40 countries. He is the author of On Time and Water, Dreamland, Casket of Time, LoveStar, The Story of the Blue Planet, Bonus Poetry and more... Andri ran for President of Iceland in 2016 with environmental issues on his agenda and came third.

MELANIE GOODCHILD
Melanie Goodchild, moose clan, is a member of Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation in Northern Ontario. She is the founder of the Turtle Island Institute, an Indigenous social innovation think & do tank (a teaching lodge). In her work, she weaves together her unique perspectives of Anishinaabe gikendaasowin (knowledge) with systems thinking/complexity theory and social innovation to address our society’s most intractable problems. Melanie believes in the teaching methods of her ancestors, in “coming to know” on the land, and so she supports initiatives that seek to connect people to ceremony, story, art, language and the land.