Heather ☁︎⋅ོ
My work as a documentarian, visual storyteller, oral historian, and audiovisual archivist has grown out of centering integrity, harm reduction, and deep listening. I descend from the indigenous, indigenized, and deeply rooted peoples of Wabanakik ("Dawnland”), the homeland of the Wabanaki, People of the Dawn, and give thanks for opportunities to foster, care for, and tend to marginalized voices, histories, and stories. With both an ancestral and professional background in oral history and storytelling, I use the practice of space holding and deep listening to kindle collective liberation and wish to inspire others to explore, reweave, and deepen their connection with the more than human world. My hope is within the practice of rooted remembering, mutual respect will increase and suffering will diminish for all.
Threads
I tend to the threads of spirit, mindfulness, dignity, interconnection, grief work, collective care, and the stories behind the people spreading their knowledge and passion about these topics. I continually take part in conversations and trainings based within social justice, decolonization / re-indigenizing, anti-racism, harm reduction, respectful land stewardship, indigenous rights, collective liberation, reciprocity, disability justice, and neurodiversity.
My areas of creative expertise include web design, videography, photography, audio engineering, post-production, space holding, and deep listening. My technical expertise includes Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Studio, Wordpress, Wix, Squarespace, Gsuite, MacOS, media management, workflow design, audiovisual archiving, oral history, and social media platforms.
Lets connect.
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tendingcenter [at] proton [dot] me