Hospitality

In times of drift and dislocation, precarity and volatility, hospitality is more than pleasantry or welcome. It is a vital way to de-risk movement across the landscape, decommodify survival, and encourage new exchanges – combinations that leave traces.

A placed host is not simply someone who opens a door. A placed host listens long enough to the land, streets, and waters that they can introduce others into relationship — not as consumers of a location, but as participants within it.

To host from placedness is to hold memory and context. It is to know something of what has come before and what may be unfolding. It is to invite others not merely to visit, but to attune.

In this circle, we will explore hospitality as a relational practice shaped by place. What responsibilities come with welcoming? What discernment? How do we introduce others in ways that honor Indigenous presence, ecological limits, and local histories? How do we receive guests without erasing context — and how do we become guests well?