Living field journal

Books, films, archives, and stories that keep breathing.

Media is fieldwork in public form: language books, documentary work, education, audio, and archives made so knowledge is not trapped inside one trip, one fundraiser, or one private hard drive.

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First language book

The Adventures of Manashawa

A children's language book made in English, Spanish, and Shipibo. The digital edition is being prepared as pay-what-you-can, with a suggested $5 gift toward the next children's language book and a $0 option when access matters.

The interactive reader lets you move through the story page by page in English, Spanish, and Shipibo; upcoming versions will add clickable words and pronunciation audio so the language feels alive on the page.

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Language

Language Books and Education

Children's books and learning materials. The Shipibo book is a trilingual story in English, Spanish, and Shipibo, carried with Shipibo relationships and translation support from Amazon partner Jose Saenz. The digital edition will be pay-what-you-can with a suggested $5 gift toward the next language book, and an interactive audio version is in development.

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Margarita Gutiérrez Martínez holding a woven textile in Teotitlán del Valle
Artisans

Indigenous Artisan Support

Storytelling, travel, and direct support can help artists in places like Teotitlán del Valle sell, teach, and tell the fuller story of their work.

Meet the artisans →

The Community Garden travel group at Harran in Turkey
Turkey

Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe

Taş Tepeler archive work, Şanlıurfa relationships, Turkey tours, Soğmatar education work, and the Göbekli Tepe Film Festival partnership.

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The Community Garden field team in a Papuan village setting
Papua

Papua and Papua New Guinea Documentation

Field documentation from Papua and Papua New Guinea, including work with city leadership in Lae on cultural records and spiritual traditions. Edited highlights and a short public film are in development, shared as consent and context allow.

See the Papua documentation →

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