Discussion with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer

Join us for a hybrid Q&A with renowned author and scientist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer. An enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Dr. Kimmerer is a SUNY Distinguished Professor and founder of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at SUNY, Syracuse. Her work is a powerful synthesis of two distinct ways of knowing, striving to utilize the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge for our shared goals of sustainability and reciprocity. Dr. Kimmerer's discussion will draw from her video presentation, "The Fortress, the River, and the Garden: A New Metaphor for Knowledge Symbiosis." Join us for a screening on Thursday, March 26, at 4:15 p.m. in Oechsle Hall 224, or watch online via the Hanson Center webapge from March 27-April 3. 

Dr. Kimmerer is celebrated for her profound and eloquent writing, most famously in her book, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Her writing challenges readers to consider ecological restoration not only of natural communities, but of our fundamental relationship to the land. This essential message earned her the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2022 and led her to address the General Assembly of the United Nations on the topic of “Healing Our Relationship with Nature.” This is a unique opportunity to engage directly with one of the world’s leading voices on ecology, ethics, and cultural heritage.