The Alok Institute supports the Indigenous Media collective at the 19th Free Land Encampment 2023 (ATL) in creating a space dedicated to communication activities for young groups of various ethnicities, through the realization of:
– Communication workshops.
– Debates with Indigenous filmmakers.
– Talk shows with artists and podcasts with territorial leaders transmitted by Indigenous Media, APIB, and ANMIGA.
– Workshops on territorial management, sustainability, and climate change.
The Free Land Encampment is the largest indigenous mobilization in Brazil, and this year (2023) brings together about 7,000 leaders in Brasília, celebrating the creation of the first Ministry of Indigenous Peoples.
The goal of the meeting is to make achievements possible for indigenous peoples and immerse them in a cultural week. Every year, the Encampment reinforces the importance of demarcating indigenous lands in Brazil and confronting the so-called “anti-indigenous agenda,” composed of the judgment of the Temporal Framework and bills that allow the exploration of land, environmental licensing, and the use of pesticides.
About Indigenous Media
Indigenous Media is a decentralized communication collective that produces and disseminates content and agendas inherent to the indigenous issue in Brazil, respecting the specificities of each people, based on the collaborative logic of sharing and communication, connecting and empowering indigenous youth throughout the country.
It was created in 2015 within the Free Land Encampment and is led by these young people who contribute to breaking hegemonic and non-participatory communication.
The collective enables the exchange of technologies, experiences, and especially indigenous representation in the media with the dissemination of their struggles as another tool for demanding rights.
About the Free Land Encampment (ATL)
The Free Land Encampment (ATL) is the largest Assembly of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations in Brazil that has been taking place since 2004, and emerged so that indigenous peoples could ensure and defend their rights.
The Encampment is organized by APIB (Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil) and jointly built with its seven grassroots organizations: Articulation of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations of the Northeast, Minas Gerais, and Espírito Santo (Apoinme), Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of the South Region (Arpinsul), Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of the Southeast Region (Arpinsudeste), Guarani Yvyrupa Commission, Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (Coiab), Terena People’s Council, and General Assembly of the Kaiowá and Guarani People (Aty Guasu).
The first ATL arose from an occupation carried out by indigenous peoples from the south of the country, in front of the Ministry of Justice, on the Esplanade of Ministries, and soon joined by indigenous leaders and organizations from other regions of the country.
