The Black Ecologies Field School is a gathering of scholars, organizers, and artists to explore the intersections of social and ecological histories of Black communities. The Durham Field School focused on Black and Indigenous stories of the Eno River watershed in Durham/Orange County, North Carolina.

Directed and Filmed by Jona Find my website https://www.jonaiswavy.com

Special Thanks

Producers: Danielle Purifoy, J.T. Roane, Teona Williams, Justin Hosbey, Jayson M. Porter Coordinators: Juju Holton, Quisha Mallette, Sarah Long Facilitators: Georie Bryant, Justin Robinson, Raevin Bryant, Aya Shabu, Asia Dorsey, Vivette Jefferies-Logan Poetry by: Destiny Hemphill Music by: Adé Sponsored by: The Black Ecologies Lab, Rutgers Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, Dumbarton Oaks, Department of Geography, UNC Chapel Hill, and the Spencer Foundation

Find more information about the Black Ecologies Lab at https://globalracialjustice.rutgers.e...

Archival Images Courtesy of Photo credit: Steve Davis / University of North Carolina Libraries, Digital Collections Repository Courtesy of: UNC Press Excavating Occaneechi Town Burning of Jamestown, C.M. Relyea. Image Source: A History of Our Country from the Discovery of America to the Present Time, Edward Sylvester Ellis, 1900. Falls Lake. Photograph courtesy of the US Army Corps of Engineers. Aerial of Durham. Photograph courtesy of the Durham County Archives. George Holman. Photograph courtesy of Brenda Scott and WUNC NC Radio. Hardscrabble Plantation. Photograph courtesy of Frances Benjamin Johnston and Open Durham Preservation “To Live and Thrive on New Earths” The Earthseed Land Collective. Photograph courtesy of Southern Cultures Photograph courtesy of NewSoil Vermiculture LLC 2025