ABSTRACT
Terraplomacy is a “place-based, nature-informed,” grounded theoretical model for healing long-standing historical (internal or external) wounds within and between the earth and its inhabitants (Chalquist, 2020, p. 45). Developed from principles of regenerative system design, and through the integration of psychologies of conflict, permaculture practices, and archetypal terrapsychological data, an ecowomanist methodology for a post-capitalocene world emerges. This method considers local and regional geography, ecology, geology, spirituality, history, mythology, folklore, and depth psychology to give voice to the natural world’s perception as an affected and relevant party. Terraplomacy speculates that spirals of abundance are generated through biomimicry and terrapsychological interventions at critical points in conflict erosion cycles. Utilizing multimodal data at varying depths to recognize the natural (though maladaptive) equilibrium of our current systems, terraplomacy posits that as the model is more widely implemented, it naturally evolves in complexity, adapting and self-stabilizing not only to heal conflictual wounds in the present but to both prevent and facilitate the adaptation of new conflicts as they arise (Macnamara, 2014).
