In this episode, we delve into questions and themes in Indigenous architectural practices and discourses with the lead of guest host Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich, and invited speakers Anjelica S. Gallegos and Joar Nango. Through the speakers’ practices in the field of architecture, art, and design, the discussion brings up various notions elemental to Indigenous approaches to the built environment, from situatedness and cohabitation to nomadic and holistic understandings of our relations with land, place, and other ecosystems.

How can built environment be understood beyond structures of control? How to divert settler colonial human-centered approaches within the field of architecture, and perceive land, seasonality, and our more-than-human cohabitants as the starting point of design? What if we approached untouched wilderness as an Indigenous architecture?

The fourth season of FCINY’s podcast focuses on highlighting and honoring Indigenous practices in art, architecture and design. This program is made possible with support from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the New York State Council on the Arts.