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Resilient Activists

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    • Writing
    • Speaking
    • Courses

Resilient Activists

  • About
  • Writing
  • Speaking
  • Courses
  • …  
    • About
    • Writing
    • Speaking
    • Courses
  • Speaking

     

    Elinor is available as a guest speaker and presenter for conferences,

    summits, podcasts, courses and festivals. Email to enquire about booking.

     

     

    Please note that due to COVID, Elinor is currently only taking up distance / online opportunities.

     

    Below are examples of Elinor's presentations, storytelling, and interviews.

     

    Against a white background, a green leafed plant appears to be growing out of a wedge shape of scattered soil. Its leaves are floating away into the top of the image.

    ROOTED: telling our ancestors' stories

    The linked recording is an excerpt of one of the classes for the ROOTED programme, which supports white people to begin to address, heal, and learn from our inheritance of white supremacy, through exploring and telling an ancestor's story.

     

    Two white human hands are oustretched towards the viewer, holding small, round seeds.

    Sowing Post-Capitalist Seeds

    The linked Youtube video is part one of a presentation I gave about money, for the Sowing Post-Capitalist Seeds course.

    A picture of a straight piece of bone held at an angle inside a piece of polished wood, against a black background.

    Skin and Stone

     

    Skin and Stone is an original story I created and told for the DigIt!2015 festival, based on artefacts and art at The Surgeons' Hall Museum, National Museum of Scotland, and Greyfriars' Kirkyard in Edinburgh, in October 2015.

     

    Transcript

     

    Nine stags are shown in silhouette atop a hill, against a dark, cloudy sky.

    The Nine Enchanted Stags

     

    The Nine Enchanted Stags is an ancient Romanian colinde, or Christmas song, the story of which I told for a live online gathering, exploring how we can refind and reclaim magic during the Yuletide season.

     

    Transcript

     

    A picture of a crow, sitting on a plant stem topped by a full red rose. A white bone is below, and above are the words "Bespoken bones"

    Bespoken Bones

     

    I spoke with Pavini Moray on the Bespoken Bones podcast about how white people can work with our ancestors, and the mix of blessings and horrors they left to us, to begin to address, heal, and learn from our inheritance of white supremacy.

     

    Transcript

     

    In front of a purple-filtered photograph of a mountain with snow, the words "The Free Her Spirit Podcast" in white lettering.

    Free Her Spirit

     

    I had a deep, deep conversation with Christine Petty on her podcast, about creativity, storytelling and connecting with our ancestors, and learned something new about myself in the process.

     

  • You can also view a full portfolio of Elinor's work, including els publications, below:

Resilient Activists is a project of We Make The Path CIC.
 
We Make The Path CIC is a community interest company registered in Scotland.
Registered Company Number: SC710918.
Registered Address: Summit House, 4-5 Mitchell Street, Edinburgh, EH6 7BD, Scotland, United Kingdom.
 

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