Dùthchas Beò, Revitalising Reciprocity With The Gaelic Landscape

If you would like to learn about how the symbiosis of Gaelic language and landscape operates in its natural context, please join CHARTS Gaelic Culture Officer Àdhamh Ó Broin in Argyll around Beltane to visit sacred spots, make offerings to the land and explore simple ritual practice.

‘Dùthchas Beò, Revitalising Reciprocity With The Gaelic Landscape’ will address themes of living indigeneity, what Gaelic ceremonial practice can look like, and whether land-based ritual has a practical application in today's world, reprising May 2024’s event supported by The Argyll and Bute Climate Action Network.

This interactive session will be led by CHARTS Gaelic Culture Officer Àdhamh Ó Broin, a tradition-bearer and activist who has spent 15 years reclaiming and revitalising the native language and lore of Central Argyll and embodying its value system, bringing his children up as first-language Argyll Gaelic speakers.

At the end of the session, Zoë Prosser from the Glasgow School of Art will invite you to engage in a short creative reflective activity. This will contribute to a wider project about the future of reciprocity with land across Scotland. This will be followed by a chance to break bread and share thoughts after the event at the George Hotel in Inveraray.

This event is free, and booking is required as spaces are limited to 12 people.

Bithidh fàilte chridheil romhaibh!

(A hearty welcome awaits)

This event is supported by The School of Innovation and Technology at Glasgow School of Art as part of (Re)Designing Landscape Stewardship, which is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and Future Observatory. The project is led by Dr Michael Pierre Johnson and Zoë Prosser, Research Fellows at The School of Innovation and Technology at Glasgow School of Art.

CHARTS Oifigear Cultair Ghàidhlig is funded by Bòrd na Gàidhlig and supported by Argyll and Bute Council.

Kilmory Oib,