Collective Storytelling and Community Praxis
摘要
Reclaiming storytelling as a sacred, communal act, this chapter grounds its practice in feminist, ancestral, and border epistemologies. Through projects like Umuki: Diálogos Intergeneracionales and #EscriturasContraElPoder, created by Cristina Rivera Garza, COW enables communities to unearth buried knowledge, honor the disappeared, and create rituals of collective healing. Case studies—from Rarámuri women runners to feminist writing workshops—illustrate how writing together resists patriarchal authorship models and fosters relational ethics. The text confronts internal challenges such as horizontal hostility within feminist spaces, emphasizing emotional accountability and mutual care. Collective storytelling is framed as an insurgent presence and ceremony, expanding COW into Kosmic Feminism’s vision of shared mourning, celebration, and transformation. Here, writing is not solely an individual endeavor but a deeply communal responsibility.