I · Past
L3b1a + D4b1a2: Original Instructions
Mixed media · gold thread on original atlas page · 2025–2026
The word human comes from humus. Soil. We built systems that extract, classify, and untether from the source. Cartography is Not Home is a practice in deep listening — to DNA, soil, sound, and ancestral memory as parallel forms of intelligence. The knowledge systems closest to the answer are the least consulted.
I · Past
Ancestral Material
Tracing L3b1a East African and Coptic lineages through Egypt. Recording the Essequibo river basin, Guyana. Igbo and Yoruba ancestral sites, Nigeria. DNA, bone, soil, mineral. The matter that carries decisions forward across generations.
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II · Present
Material Listening
Birdsong as visible wave. Spider webs as sonic instruments. Dew as lens.
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III · Future
Biological-Digital Convergence
The place where what is grown and what is built collapse into each other.
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IN COLLABORATION
Indigenous knowledge guidance and Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) mentorship.
In partnership. Honorary Fellowship awarded June 2026. Dean Stephanie Owens.
In partnership. Amelia Peterson.
All partnerships follow Free, Prior, and Informed Consent principles.