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Episode 85 - Adah Parris - Cyborg Shamanism, Becoming Future Ancestors & Embracing Neurodiversity

May 11, 2024

In this episode, futurist and visionary artist Adah Parris explores the fascinating concept of 'Cyborg Shamanism,' blending technology, storytelling, and spirituality. She emphasizes our responsibilities as future ancestors and the power of neurodiversity in shaping a regenerative future. Parris discusses the importance of reconnecting with nature and embracing diverse intelligences, reflecting on her experiences with ADHD and autism. The conversation inspires listeners to challenge norms, engage with community, and cultivate a more inclusive world.

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Quick takeaways

The concept of cyborg shamanism illustrates how technology can serve as a bridge between our biological existence and the digital realm.

Participants are encouraged to redefine success by prioritizing regeneration and healing over traditional metrics, fostering collective dreaming for a better future.

The podcast emphasizes the importance of reconnecting with nature to cultivate personal agency and responsibility toward environmental stewardship.

Deep dives

Reframing Technology and Cyborg Shamanism

The discussion emphasizes the need to adopt a more holistic perspective on technology, moving beyond a reductionist, solely digital perspective. The concept of cyborg shamanism is introduced, suggesting that cyborgs can be seen as digital shamans, utilizing technology to bridge the biological with the digital. This perspective expands the understanding of technology's role in connecting individuals with themselves, others, and their environment. Through the lens of quantum mechanics and spirituality, this view breaks traditional linear thinking, underscoring the interconnectedness of technology and holistic experiences.

Intro

3min

Cultivating Community and Sustainability in Challenging Times

3min

Exploring Alternative Futures and Personal Growth

16min

Exploring Cyborg Shamanism and Women's Agency

4min

Bridging Wisdom: Technology and Ancestral Knowledge

11min

Reconnecting with Nature Through Expanded Senses

6min

Navigating Neurodiversity and Future Possibilities

15min

Roots of Neurodiversity and Regenerative Practices

11min

Entangled Imaginations: Nature, Sound, and Storytelling

22min

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Reflections on Connection and Community Engagement

3min

In this episode I’m in conversation with Adah Parris - keynote speaker, futurist, visionary artist, and activist who inspires transformative change through her practice.

Adah is working with many inquires - including ‘Cyborg Shamanism’ and the provocation ‘What kind of ancestor do you want to be ?’

And we dig into this and much more in this conversation.

This is also a conversation which explores the essence of diversity - of wider intelligences, of sensing the world differently and of co-creating different futures.

A conversation between two late diagnosed neurodiverse people, we explore what happens when we challenge normativity, drawing on other forms of creative intelligence, what do we find along the path when we're walking on the edges of normal?

We Explore

* Personal and collective responsibility towards climate change and the actions necessary for a more regenerative future.

* Emotional and mental health in the face of conflict and crisis.

* Experiences of ADHD and Autism, challenging ‘normativity’ and the impact and potential of diversity in shaping our future

* Creating change through remembering our rootedness to the Earth

* Cyborg shamanism’ - blending technology, storytelling and spirituality for better understanding relationships, interconnectedness and planetary consciousness.

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