CULTIVAR GESTOS: EXPERIENCIAS AGROSILVO-ARTÍSTICAS EN EL HUERTO AGROFORESTAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA UNAM, ENES UNIDAD MORELIA

Abstract

In this paper we propose some ideas for articulating agroecological and artistic practices in the context of urban and peri-urban gardens, as well as discussions around the affective-emotional politics involved in collaborative work. Starting from the “Infusión Multisónica” project, one of the collaborative experiments that we have carried out with artists and agroecologists in the Huerto Agroforestal Universitario (University Agroforestry Garden) at ENES-Morelia UNAM (National Autonomous University of México), we present some possibilities to promote the linkage and commitment to a particular territory, from André Haudricourt and Marie Bardet’s reflection on the notion of gesture. Gesture is understood as a way of articulating different practices, thoughts and sensibilities. We argue that, working with the perspective of gestures allows us to attend to what is thought-felt in practices, as well as to recognize other ways of making the world, human and other forms of existence, with whom we cohabit. The notion of gesture proposes a common ground that also blurs and modifies the boundaries between bodies and territories, active and passive, culture and nature, something that we consider necessary to sustain the alternatives that are woven from urban and peri-urban gardens towards food sovereignty.