Ritual, Roots, and Radical Selfhood with River Coello #63

Power Beyond Pride · Jul 7, 2026 · 44m

Co-hosts Melody KG and Mattie Bynum dig into the deeper currents of River Coello's work, exploring what gets erased when colonial systems take hold — and what endures anyway. As a PhD candidate in anthropology at UCF, River has traced the quiet persistence of Indigenous wisdom throughout the history of the field, arguing that Indigenous voices have always shaped knowledge, even when uncredited. Drawing from the Andean Cosmovision — conversations with sacred animals, the stars, and the moon — River weaves art, research, spirituality, and facilitation into a single practice rooted in the belief…