Planted in this Land (Online)

Want to learn about past and present struggles for land, food, farming, foraging, roaming and belonging? Join a new land justice study group with Glasgow Seed Library.

Share stories from Scotland, Palestine, the Caribbean, Chiapas, Rojava, Sápmi, Turtle Island, Hawai'i, Brazil, and more. Discuss terms like settler colonialism, land reparation, decolonisation, rematriation, and land justice.

Access to land and resources is unequal and unjust, impacting growers all over the world as well as here in Glasgow, in our seed library community. Reading book extracts, poems and manifestos, the group aims to map historic and current connections between diverse experiences of land stewardship, colonisation and resistance.

The study group is open to all who would like to (un)learn colonial and capitalist relationships to land. No prior knowledge is needed. Participants will help direct the selection of reading materials for each month. You can view a longlist of proposed texts and make suggestions.

Planted in this Land is organised by Glasgow Seed Library in explicit solidarity with all who resist the occupation, exploitation and destruction of their land. From Palestine to Congo, Haiti to Chiapas, seed sovereignty is not possible without land justice, here or anywhere.

This monthly online session is co-hosted with Propagate, a worker led collective specialising in local, community and sustainable food projects. We invite you to make a hot drink wherever you are and drop in from 6:15pm for an informal chat before we begin.

Numbers will be limited to ensure comfortable capacity. Please send an email to glasgowseedlibrary@cca-glasgow.com to book a free spot or join the waiting list.

References

The feature image is adapted from an engraving in The Illustrated London News, 28 January 1888, depicting the Aignish riot of January 1888, when landless crofters on Lewis confronted their oppressive landowners.

The phrase ‘Planted in this Land’ is borrowed from the words of a Palestinian girl in a short clip widely circulated on social media in December 2023, during Israel’s siege and bombardment of Gaza.

Accessibility

The study group will involve active participation using Zoom as a platform, and will include wider group and smaller group breakout sessions. We will have automated captions activated and expect participants to have videos on, where technology and internet access allows. Please email glasgowseedlibrary@cca-glasgow.com if you have any access requests.