Land Acknowledgment for England

DRAFT TEMPLATE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR ENGLAND:

[Institution] is based in [location] in England.

We would like to acknowledge that modern England owes its existence to ongoing colonial and extractive relations around the world. The rights of the peoples colonised by this country, to live and work freely here and to participate in the determination of its future, remain unceded.

Please use freely.

Image from “What planet are we living on? Technique, identity, and place in artistic research” (25 June 2025), talk presented at the Practice Research Arts Cluster, University of Lincoln.