Fire. Good Fire?
Fire. Good Fire? is an exploration into the idea of fire stewardship and indigenous fire practices using the art of carbon dust sculpting. I intend to bring light to the growing concern not just of these ecological disasters, but to the idea that they might have been minimalized if we had listened to the Indigenous Fire Keepers and used their knowledge of fire-burning practices to better serve the land. �Good Fire� is a term conceived of by Matthew Kristoff and Amy Cardinal of how indigenous fire stewardship practices are a way of maintaining fire knowledge practices for a range of values and benefits. My question with this research is to answer this, is there such a thing as good fire? If so, why has it not been practiced to avoid the situation we now find ourselves in? If we go back and engage the knowledge of Indigenous Fire Keepers do we have a chance at healing our land?