Policy Writing and Priestessing /Reclaiming Assyrian Stories

Published: Nov. 8, 2022, 11 a.m.

b'Episode 180 - Annukina Warda is a long-time policy analyst from Sydney, Australia. She explores ancestral recollection, recovery and renewal for Indigenous Peoples facing mass displacement from their traditional homelands, and cultural and linguistic erasure.\\xa0\\nAnnukina provokes a cultural re-emergence through storytelling. She grapples with the themes of memory and loss through the famous Assyrian myth \\u201cThe Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld\\u201d. Annukina uses a unique combination of collective storytelling, collage, and decolonial map-making to support a redefinition of Assyrian cultural identity on her own terms.\\xa0\\nHer passion project, the Assyrian Priestess, can be found on Instagram @the_assyrian_priestess or on Patreon: TheAssyrianPriestess\\nPatreon: patreon.com/theassyrianpriestess/posts\\nInstagram: @the_assyrian_priestess'