Learning from a landscape shaped by water.

Mauro's presentation looks to Zenú canal-and-ridge systems as inspiration for farming around the natural movement of water.

Knowledge belongs to people and place.

Onzenu should approach this knowledge with care. Historical engineering is part of the story, but it is not a substitute for listening to Zenú people today.

The aim is to understand and attribute knowledge, not claim to speak for a community or imply a partnership that has not been agreed.

From historical evidence to practical questions.

A practice used elsewhere is a reason to investigate, not proof that it will work on an Onzenu farm.

Start with the source

Who recorded the practice? Where was it used? What does the evidence actually show?

Understand the setting

Water, soil, land rights, labour and community priorities all belong in the question before an approach is transferred to a different place.

Keep the limits visible

The scale and date of each study should stay beside its findings. An archaeological interpretation, a community report and a measured field trial are different kinds of evidence.

A learning library, built carefully.

This section can grow to include Zenú water management and examples of land stewardship elsewhere. Each example should explain what happened, what was measured and what Onzenu might learn from it.