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We challenged ourselves to take on new perspectives on this day. Why do we always look forward and ahead of ourselves? What would happen if we looked up to the treetops like a squirrel looking for the perfect pinecone or got right down low to see what the ants see? What would we notice? WHO would we notice?
We took inspiration from McGregor (2017) “It is almost as if one classroom of students must learn historical thinking and Indigenous education from two different teachers, while sorting out for themselves the gaps and overlaps” (p. 15).
We thought with our connections to land and two-eyed seeing as we looked up and looked down. However, it was more than just looking but taking in, wondering, and noticing. Some questions we thought about as we sat in this practice of looking through more than one perspective are.
Where did the wind come from? How does the wind feel in the treetops? Are the branches interconnected, how old are they? Can all the birds reach the tops of the trees? How long is this ant’s path? Do they follow or make desire paths? Why is this garbage here, who left it, why did they leave it? How do the ant’s feel about this garbage, can it be useful to them? Who is given the title “teacher”? Who else (living or non-living) occupies this space?