About the project

We are researching the folk healing traditions in the Netherlands and its former colony Malabar (present day southwest India), and seek to aid in reinstalling disrupted knowledges and the socio spiritual frameworks they emerge from.

With the support of the Stimulerings start fund we will focus on collecting evidence, knowledge via experts and museums, stories, materials and making new connections. Diving into the history of the folk healing traditions of the communities of Malabar and of the healing traditions in the Netherlands, we will look into our colonial past as well as the history of medicine, the influences this had on both our lands,  and what is left of all of this for us to find.

The project is driven by a dire need to turn our attention toward indigenous voices in order to fundamentally adres issues of coloniality, socio-ecological breakdown and spiritual degration. We are also looking to offer stories that celebrate shared heritage and build bridges, to counteract the rising wave of socio-political polarisation across the globe. By amplifying Earth wisdoms, the project seeks to address a fundamental longing of the human spirit to return to nature, community and relational being.

As we are currently in the starting phase of the project, we are looking for collaborators, historians, botanists, artists and more experts linked to this project. Please contact us (information below) if you might have a lead.