When the Anthropocene meets decoloniality and critical race theory, we collide at the critical intersection of fashion, food, and water. These are the few necessities that an individual needs to survive and a material and temporal solidarity exists between them.
The “Anthropocene” is used to explain how human actions shape the environment in all its physical, chemical, and biological characteristics. Chattel slavery and European colonization define the Anthropocene, followed by decades of the establishment of plantations, the introduction of cash crops, massive clearings of forests, the pollution of waterways, and other economic exploitation. So, what can a Black perspective on the Anthropocene teach us about our relationships to our basic necessities?
Inspired by a lineage of Black matriarchs, through blood and through spirit, this offering will cover the current state of the Anthropocene as it relates to fashion, food, and water; and introduce some healing technologies powered by Black ancestral and current approaches.