The Fermentation School

Fermentation Is Female Identity, Survival, Resistance, Devotion

The Fermentation School highlights the Guarani‑Kaiowá nhandesy women’s chicha‑making, framing fermentation as a conduit for female identity, spiritual devotion, and cultural survival. Through a series of webinars and courses, the initiative shares video and audio recordings of traditional practices, including the saliva‑based insalivation step that jump‑starts fermentation. All proceeds fund the Guarani‑Kaiowá communities, who confront climate change and human‑rights challenges on Brazil’s frontlines. The project also reveals the difficulty of translating a non‑linear Indigenous cosmology into conventional linear media formats.