Ana Lara Heyns

Mexican Mestiza, writer, dancer, podcaster and also doing a PhD (Monash), with a focus on ‘Experiences’ of travel, ‘experiences’ of belonging, and more recently ‘experiences’ of Waterscapes and Country. As a geo-anthropologist working within decolonial research and methodology (focusing on underground waterscapes), Ana regularly contributes to creative research projects exploring themes of care for Country

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.