A Screening and Discussion of the Video: "The Fortress, the River, and the Garden: A New Metaphor for Knowledge Symbiosis"

Prepare to engage with one of the world's leading voices on ecology, environmental ethics, and the intertwining of Indigenous and Western scientific thinking by watching Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer's video presentation, "The Fortress, the River, and the Garden: A New Metaphor for Knowledge Symbiosis."

Following the video, we'll discuss Dr. Kimmerer's ideas and develop questions for our live hybrid Q&A with her one week later on April 2. This is your chance to help shape the conversation with a thinker who has addressed the United Nations on "Healing Our Relationship with Nature."

An enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Dr. Kimmerer is a SUNY Distinguished Professor, founder of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow. She is celebrated for her profound writing in Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which challenges us to restore not only natural communities but our fundamental relationship with the land. Her work powerfully synthesizes Indigenous and Western scientific knowledge for our shared goals of sustainability and reciprocity.

Can't attend in person? Watch the video online via the Hanson Center webpage from March 27-April 3, and submit your questions here by Monday, March 30 in advance of the Q&A.