Alternative visions for social change rooted in the frameworks of capitalism and colonialism only reproduce contemporary structures of power. How can indigenous perspectives and knowledge inform the structural transformation necessary to improve the health of the natural world and of human communities? Dr. Cordero will discuss how indigenous epistemologies challenge the ideas and practices related to capitalism and colonialism and how the enhancement of indigeneity and sovereignty are critical to the maintenance of indigenous epistemologies. Insights drawn from the discourses on decolonization, settler colonialism, and epistemicide will be revealed throughout the presentation. Last, Dr. Cordero will share how indigenous perspectives and knowledge inspire work of the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone. Jonathan Cordero, Ph.D. (Ramaytush Ohlone/Chumash) is Executive Director of the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone and Visiting Scholar in the Spatial Sciences Institute at USC. In addition, Dr. Cordero serves as co-editor of the forthcoming Critical Mission Studies Handbook with UC Press. He is a leader, speaker, and activist in the broader Ohlone and Chumash communities, especially in the arts. As an indigenous scholar, Dr. Cordero’s work centers indigeneity and sovereignty as they relate to the ideas and practices related to colonialism and to indigenous cultural continuance. This event is part of Long Now Talks, a series launched in 02003 by Stewart Brand to explore compelling ideas about long-term thinking from speakers around the world. The Long Now Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to fostering long-term thinking and responsibility. Our work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization — the next and last 10,000 years — a timespan we call the long now. Our work began with The Clock of the Long Now, an immense mechanical monument, installed in a mountain, designed to keep accurate time for the next ten millennia. For the last two decades, Long Now Talks has invited speakers to explore their work in the context of the next and last 10,000 years for a live audience and for millions online around the globe. Long Now Talks are recorded live in San Francisco, many of them at The Interval, our public gathering space. Featuring craft cocktails, artisan coffee and tea, a library that stretches from floor to ceiling, and prototypes of The Clock of the Long Now, our space aims to inspire curiosity and wonder. You can support these Talks by becoming a Long Now member: https://longnow.org/join Our global membership program connects over 11,000 people across more than 65 countries to our library of long-term thinking. Long Now members actively support long-term thinking and help us deliver Long Now Talks as videos and podcasts to over 19 million people and counting around the world. Subscribe to Long Now on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT1yd7gEOrja_gecmA1lT0Q Subscribe to the Long Now podcast & newsletter https://longnow.org/subscribe Explore all of our Talks on longnow.org https://longnow.org/talks