AUTHOR : Keita Demming Australian Aboriginal Elder Lilla Watson is quoted as saying: “If you’ve come here to help me, you’re wasting your time. But if you’ve come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” Margaret Mead is also quoted as saying: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”…
Theme: Gayap Venue: Medulla Art Gallery, 37 Fitt Street, Woodbrook Date: Saturday 16th August, 2014 Time: 3:00 p.m. (not Trini time) – 6:00 p.m. We are excited to announce our second TEDxPortofSpainSalon event for 2014, ‘Gayap’! So what is Gayap? “The word ‘gayap’ is derived from the indigenous Karinya (Carib) word ‘kayapa’ – a term which describes the tradition of people getting together to complete a huge task, like clearing land, building a…
By Giselle Carr and Ayrïd Chandler. In exploring the theme for this year’s event on November 1st, Doing Undoing Redoing, we were inspired by the natural/organic, particularly swarm theory. One bird or bee may be intelligent, but in the animal kingdom the colony is much more intelligent as a collective. Some examples include ant colonies, bird flocking, animal herding, bacterial growth and fish schooling. Swarm intelligence has provided insights into…