Dr. Mariaelena Huambachano
International Community-Based Projects
Pictures from Perú with Quechua communities, 2012 - 2023
Pictures from Aotearoa, New Zealand, 2012 - 2023
2021 - 2023
OUR OWN FOODS AS HEALING: THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS FOOD-WAYS IN RESTORING JUSTICE AND LEADING A HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AGENDA
This international comparative project focuses on the Indigenous philosophies of the Māori of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Onondaga people in Turtle Island (North America). The aim is to provide a base-line analysis report on the knowledge contribution of Indigenous philosophies for living well in sustainable food systems and environmental justice.
2020-2022
VALUES, KNOWLEDGE, AND RIGHTS SHAPING REGENERATIVE FOOD SYSTEMS IN PERU
In this community-based project, we investigate Indigenous “values” as they apply to Nature (Mother Earth) as a living being with rights and the threats of GMOs in biodiversity preservation.
2019-2021
LIVING WELL: INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHIES FOR GLOBAL RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEMS
This is a community-based project to explore “Indigenous good-living philosophies” in Aotearoa New Zealand and Turtle Island (United States of America). In this project I collaborate with Māori and Menominee farmers, gardeners, chefs, food and environmental activists reflecting on the creative and constructive ways that they are rebuilding their food systems and taking control of their health and well-being.
Pictures from Turtle Island, United States, 2016 - 2023
2016-2018
OUR RIGHT TO FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
Our Right to Food Security/Sovereignty Project is a research collaboration between Dr. Mariaelena Huambachano and the Quechua communities in the region of Lares in Peru, Māori people of Aotearoa New Zealand, Cofan Amazonian people of Ecuador, and Menominee of the Great Lakes Region in North America. By means of an analysis of food-related rights, this research examines issues of food security/sovereignty, and environmental impact on Indigenous communities that have long lasting spiritual, cultural and physical relationships with land and water. Cultural and environmental indicators of well-being in agricultural systems, are also examined in association with the global food sovereignty movement advocating for a more democratic and fairer food systems.