Paperback, 194 pages

English language

Published by Center for Humans & Nature.

ISBN:
9781736862544
3 stars (1 review)

Volume 5 of the Kinship series revolves around the question of practice What are the practical, everyday, and lifelong ways we become kin?

We live in an astounding world of relations. We share these ties that bind with our fellow humans--and we share these relations with nonhuman beings as well. From the bacterium swimming in your belly to the trees exhaling the breath you breathe, this community of life is our kin--and, for many cultures around the world, being human is based upon this extended sense of kinship.

Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations is a lively series that explores our deep interconnections with the living world. These five Kinship volumes--Planet, Place, Partners, Persons, Practice--offer essays, interviews, poetry, and stories of solidarity, highlighting the interdependence that exists between humans and nonhuman beings. More than 70 contributors--including Robin Wall Kimmerer, Richard Powers, David Abram, J. Drew Lanham, and Sharon Blackie--invite …

1 edition

It's okay

3 stars

  • I didn't really like reading this book! It felt like I had to keep pushing myself to keep reading.
  • It's very focused on plant life and sometimes things like water. I would have liked more focus on connecting to the natural world from the streets.
  • The whiteness and white people speaking on behalf of BIPOC folx and their experiences is overwhelming.
  • I enjoyed Kyle Whyte, Trebbe Johnson, and Alison Hawthron Deming's chapters the most
  • I skipped three chapters (one in the beginning, middle, and end).
  • There's a lot of repetition and cross citing. I would have liked more cohesion and more community-oriented collaboration.
  • I liked the inclusion of poems as a break.