Barrios
Unidos Park Science and Culture Project
Sunrise Fall Equinox
September 22, 2020
The science of observation, is the science of science.
For a Mexican Barrio that has all but vanished due to the expansion of Sky Harbor Airport and subsequent commercialization, the preservation of a sense of the past community history and culture is necessary in order to provide a true accounting of the present reality. This sense of history and culture, which is now being regenerated, is a necessary part of a community healing process that struggles for justice.
When the world around you is described and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing. The collective consciousness of this community has now united to resist this void.
We support the reintroduction and the regeneration of our ancestral sacred knowledge in the form of the depiction of the Sun Stone at Barrios Unidos Park, as an instrument of science and culture well recognized for its mathematical and astronomical precision. This project intends to serve as a definitive element of our comprehensive community planning into the future generations, with the goal of realizing equilibrium and peace within our community, with all humanity, and with Mother Earth.
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Golden Gate Barrio * Las Cuatro Milpas * Barrio Ann Ott * Barrio Campito * Barrio Green Valley Park
Nuestros Barrios AZ: Is a group of dedicated individuals, agencies & business partners focused on preserving the memory, experiences and stories of historic barrios in Arizona.
Barrios Unidos Park
Community-Cultural Art Proposal
Introduction:
Nuestros Barrios is comprised of historic barrios located in
Central City Phoenix, just west of Sky Harbor International Airport.
Historically, the community has been impacted and displaced by the growth and
development of the airport. Nuestros Barrios AZ is focused on the preservation
of the memory, experiences, and stories of these historic barrios though
various community development initiatives.
The creation of cultural public art will allow the community to reclaim,
regenerate and “culturize” the area and provide an interactive educational
experience and cultural awareness to the residents of Nuestros Barrios and for
the entire community of Phoenix at large.
Program Description:
a) TONATIERRA Community Development Institute working with artist AJ Larson, utilizing traditional, cultural and scientific methods of the “Mexikayotl” and focusing on the concrete platform amphitheater at Barrios Unidos Park, will capture and depict the careful and scientific observations of an Indigenous Peoples Sun Stone Calendar, in order to mark and serve as a permanent legacy of recognition and dignity for the Original Barrio of the ancestral 400 Milpas. The project is embedded in an ongoing continental Indigenous Peoples cartography project of the Original Nations of Abya Yala.
The project at Barrios Unidos Park with launch with a ceremonial welcome of Yohualpapalotl at dawn of September 22, 2020 (Fall Equinox) on site.
Article 11
Indigenous peoples have the right to practice and revitalize their cultural traditions and customs. This includes the right to maintain, protect and develop the past, present and future manifestations of their cultures, such as archaeological and historical sites, artifacts, designs, ceremonies, technologies and visual and performing arts and literature.
Article 13
Indigenous peoples have the right to revitalize, use, develop and transmit to future generations their histories, languages, oral traditions, philosophies, writing systems and literatures, and to designate and retain their own names for communities, places and persons.
Through this Community Cultural Art initiative, TONATIERRA will provide the community(s) of Nuestros Barrios with the following services:
● Indigenous Peoples Educational Services and Consulting
● Community/Cultural Public Art Installation at Barrios Unidos Park
Antigua Residencia de los Aztecas
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo US-Mexico 1848
About the Artist: The artist AJ Larson has agreed to work with TONATIERRA and the community, free of charge to complete the public art display in Barrios Unidos Park in Phoenix, AZ.
Launch Date: September 22, 2020
Location: Barrios Unidos Park located at 16th Street and Mohave Phoenix, AZ 85034
YouTube:
Tonal Machiotl:
A Xinachtli Workshop with Carlos Aceves
September 5, 2020
UNDRIP: Human Rights of the Future Generations
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| Self Determination: It's not a question, it's a quest. |
That in follow-up to the above and in anticipation of emerging themes
for future work, the UNPFII establish partnership with the diverse
initiatives of the Indigenous Peoples across the planet in terms
of Education and Human Rights of the Indigenous Peoples, in
accord with the principles of the UNDRIP, and in particular as
related to the development of complementary systems and services of
social cognition, compilation and dissemination of bioregional planning instruments, such as the Indigenous Peoples Geography Project.
YouTube:
Barrio Cuatro Milpas Peace Treaty
Thank you, like a dream come true, to know that Indigenous Peoples are taking their place in History, in
ReplyDeleteScience, in the events of Communities. This is so exciting, thank you so much for sharing, and I am happy that friend and teacher, Carlos Aceves, is a part of the wisdom. Lelia Mattingy in El Paso, Tx