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17.3.2020

Xochimilco, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Podcast

Xochimilco Vox Populi

A podcast research about the plot, the kitchen and the community

A day of daily life in Xochimilco, from work on the plot at lunchtime, to the return home on local transport. The mobile radio investigates, through the existing movements of the area, three central sites and themes of the Colaboratory Kitchen project: The plot, the kitchen and the community. Participating in the daily rhythm of the inhabitants of Xochimilco, the radio seeks to create a Vox Populi, a common vision made of individual quotes from various actors with different ages, genders and socioeconomic situations, which allows us to have a first impression of the interactions in Xochimilco. Simple and open questions give the respondent freedom to interpret their own vision on the subject. This Vox Populi is wrapped in a soundscape that places it within its physical and environmental context.

Participants

Sound and Editing: Elizabeth Guerrero and Jesper Buursink

Production: Mariana Martinez

Interviews: Ximena García

Special thanks to Humedalia

Mobile Radio at the Xochimilco canals, 2020. Foto by Ximena Aguilar

The kitchen is a social place, a com­mon place to gather and connect. It is a place to share not only food, but stories, ideas, aspirations and initiatives. Colaboratory Kitchen is an ongoing mobile and on-site project that brings farmers, scientists, creatives and cooks together around the kitchen table to connect, exchange knowledge and prototype new trans-disciplinary solutions to farming; a test ground for ideas that conciliate land restoration, conservation, food production and better livelihood in farming communities. A response to the lack of connection between disciplines that are key for new alternatives towards more sustain­able and just futures.

The questions at stake are: How do we bridge scientific and local knowledge? What kind of interdisciplinary projects can we create towards a better livelihood and ecological resilience of farmer communities? How can we conserve the environment and its biodiversity in balance with sustainable food production and pair local consumption to global demand?

We create a space for a trans-disciplinary community to grow and take action, by sharing and cooking futures together.

The project was initiated in 2016 as a collaboration between Cascoland and the Forefront Project (WUR, UNAM), a joint effort to design spaces and tools of communication and action towards strengthening socio-ecological bonds, south of the Lacandona Jungle, Chiapas, México. Now a days the scheme is being developed in three rural locations in Mexico: Santo Domingo Tomaltepex, Oaxaca, Xochimilco, Mexico City and Loma Bonita, Chiapas, as a collaboration with UNAM, local organizations and a range of collaborations from professionals in different disciplines.