El Herbario de Coquí

by Lisa Rathje | Sep 9, 2025

La organización sin ánimo de lucro Casa Múcura ha estado trabajando por más de siete años con la comunidad del corregimiento de Coquí, Chocó, en la costa Pacífica colombiana, en múltiples proyectos participativos que buscan valorar, promover y preservar los saberes y...

The Herbarium of Coquí

by Lisa Rathje | Sep 9, 2025

The nonprofit organization Casa Múcura has been working with the community of the village of Coquí, Chocó, in Colombia’s Pacific coast, for seven years in multiple participatory projects aimed at valorizing, promoting, and preserving traditional knowledge and...

Derecho Days

by Lisa Rathje | Aug 24, 2022

Derecho Days is an experimental, personal comic art piece that navigates the aftermath of enduring the August 2020 derecho: an inland hurricane that, in 14 hours, led to $11 billion in damage, caused 25 tornadoes from Nebraska to Ohio, and destroyed 70 percent of the...

Teaching Young Students to Interview

by divinw | Sep 5, 2019

Cultural Picket Fences outside the school are based on student interviews about family traditions and heritage. Ana, who joined our class at Bailey’s Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences in Northern Virginia last fall, was excited to share her parent interview...

Learning in Schools about Traditional Knowledge Systems in the Kumaon Himalayas

by divinw | Sep 7, 2018

People in the Kumaon region of the Himalayas have used traditional knowledge and cultural practices to manage and conserve natural resources for generations. For example, rivers like Ganga and Yamuna are considered goddesses. By regarding sources of water as entities...