Bite-sized knowledge zines from “Archaeologies of AI” written and designed by yours truly!

#1 Ancestral Technology: a non-linear time capsule

Edition IMPAKT Festival 2026: Techno-Ancestrality
as part of my presentation during the panel “Transgenerational Counter-Coding”

Inspired by Brazilian indigenous writer, philosopher and activist Ailton Krenak, this zine departs from his provocation “the future is ancestral” and unfolds different non-linear ways of thinking through ancestral knowledge, time, technology, and futurity. Drawing from indigenous and global majority cultures including Aboriginal Dreamtime, Lakota ethics, Buddhist teachings, and Black resistance, various writing prompts invite the reader to imagine their own vision and imagination of ancestral technologies. How might we build better technologies and more inclusive worlds using the philosophies stemming from non-Western cultures?

Download a copy and make this time capsule yourself, after the launch at IMPAKT! Folding guide to follow.

Credits:
Built during the course Narrative Constellations at School for Poetic Computation (NYC), with the support of April Soetarman, Lee Beckwith, and the Winter 2026 Sunday cohort.

With inspiration from SALT translocal study kitchen (Winter 2026) by reschooling-with platform, hosted by Teresa Borasino, Shailoh Phillips, and guest teacher Camille Barton.

With thanks to photos by Ajeet Kumar and Artem Podrez via Pexels for the cover, plus RawPixel, iStock and Public Domain images for the card designs inside.