Reconnect in light t of Memory, Transdisciplinarity, and New Narratives

Nature, as a space for dynamic learning, has guided our actions over the three years covered in our 2021-23 Archival publication, serving as inspiration to build the present actions that make up FMA’s programs and collaborations. Among these are initiatives that have continuously impacted diverse communities year after year, such as Docente Activo, Poligonal, Bosque Pehuen and its residency program , Fondo FMA, as well as multiple research projects.

Recently launched in our Santiago office—and soon to be launched in Pucón—this edition covers artistic and scientific research  ranging from climate monitoring, watershed conservation  and soil regeneration to edible forests, agroecology and the exploration of movements and invisible subtleties that arise through transdisciplinary perspectives on conservation. For the first time in a magazine format, the publication brings together milestones, interviews, columns, and reflections on nature conservation, showcasing images on various scales and highlighting messages that point to the need to co-create knowledge nourished by multiple worldviews. .

This Archival publication  is an invitation to reconnect with the role we play in the biocultural fabric of ecosystems “to deepen our connection with the territories and their inhabitants, plants, air, earth, water, the human, and the more-than-human,” says our executive president, Madeline Hurtado, in her opening letter.

The report also presents perspectives from our former executive director, Ángela Pabón (2018-23), and our current organizational advisor, Ronald Sistek, who express, respectively, how FMA’s actions have increasingly incorporated “a concern for  biocultural memory and community participation,” while highlighting how ecosystems have become “subjects of study as an inexhaustible source of wisdom for articulating theories as practice in social fields.”

This edition, set against the backdrop of complex global and local crises, shows the different ways we have advanced as a team to co-create flexible strategies and methodologies that expand perspectives on the future of the planet.

Building on the milestone of our 10th anniversary in 2021—a cycle that pushed us to reflect on our history, achievements, challenges, and the collective spirit of our work—this publication portrays how research, creativity, experimentation, and adaptation have been part of the ongoing movement of these years.

When downloading this publication  you will be able to explore various approaches to conservation through exhibitions, learning programs in nature focused on art and ecology, adaptations to digital formats, new narratives centered on regeneration, and a series of moments that, despite being filled with uncertainty, were marked by the clarity of converging towards collective paths.