[HubbardBrook] Tomorrow 10:30am! .... Fwd: Braiding Sweetgrass discussion Apr 1, 10:30am -- Two chapters on Two-Eyed Seeing

[Denise Burchsted]

Hi all --

Please join us for the discussion tomorrow on "Two-Eyed Seeing," for as long as your schedule permits. See below.

    ~ denise

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Hello everyone,

Happy spring! I hope you are keeping well.

I am delighted to announce the second installment of the “Hubbard Brook Reads” book discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass.<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1-h926S6hGA1JByJak5kja_wQEuAXBvFdhqkvVUoJzt0%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&data=04%7C01%7Cdburchsted%40keene.edu%7C6792bbb41348436daca708da092a4024%7Cd6241893512d46dc8d2bbe47e25f5666%7C0%7C0%7C637832374304841214%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=PAbo%2BGdpU9qcb5InfdmUyhIsEKbDFRH4N%2BLnedfjWAY%3D&reserved=0> In our second discussion, we will explore the concept of two-eyed seeing, which considers the human relationship with the environment through the lens of both Indigenous and modern scientific worldviews

This discussion will be held Friday, April 1, 10:30am-12pm on zoom<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkeene.zoom.us%2Fj%2F94752860766%3Fpwd%3DaDlSUURraWY2M0ZyMktkaWpuOUNQZz09&data=04%7C01%7Cdburchsted%40keene.edu%7C6792bbb41348436daca708da092a4024%7Cd6241893512d46dc8d2bbe47e25f5666%7C0%7C0%7C637832374304841214%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=VHvDx9ZsRUrX7P4QfIbIbT9XsaXagnRzXjwp6ZSa65k%3D&reserved=0>. Please feel free to participate for as much time as your schedule permits, including arriving late or leaving early, as needed.

The price of admission is low; you do *not* need to read the whole book. We have chosen two specific chapters that highlight two discussion themes related to two-eyed seeing (see below or at the above link). The chapters are short! I will occasionally ask a class to read one of them during class time, and it takes them 15 minutes.

Please share this announcement with colleagues, including students, who might be interested.

On behalf of the Indigenous Knowledge & Networking committee, we are looking forward to continuing this discussion and hope that you will join us

  ~ denise


The two themes & their corresponding chapters for this discussion

Theme #1: Applying Indigenous ecological principles to modern ecosystem science and land management
Chapter to focus on: Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of Grass

Discussion questions: Does this study challenge or confirm your view of the human role in ecosystems? Does it challenge the basic tenets of conservation? (Is there a basic tenet of conservation that ecosystems require the absence of human interference in order to thrive?)
Theme #2: Animacy of ecosystems, where the “abiotic” components of ecosystems are seen as having as much life force as humans and the “biotic” components are recognized as people, other than human.
Chapter to focus on: Learning the Grammar of Animacy

Discussion questions: Does the concept of animacy appeal to you? Upset you? Seem fundamentally unscientific? Can the idea of animacy of the world be reconciled with scientific worldviews?
Suggestions for other chapters relevant to these themes and Hubbard Brook

  *   Some hydrology, a dash of stream ecology, moss: Witness to the Rain
  *   Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket
  *   Asters and Goldenrod
  *   In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place
  *   “Land management” vs. “relationships between people”: Burning cascade head
  *   We always recommend reading or listening to the whole book : )

Zoom information

Link: https://keene.zoom.us/j/94752860766?pwd=aDlSUURraWY2M0ZyMktkaWpuOUNQZz09<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkeene.zoom.us%2Fj%2F94752860766%3Fpwd%3DaDlSUURraWY2M0ZyMktkaWpuOUNQZz09&data=04%7C01%7Cdburchsted%40keene.edu%7C6792bbb41348436daca708da092a4024%7Cd6241893512d46dc8d2bbe47e25f5666%7C0%7C0%7C637832374304841214%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=VHvDx9ZsRUrX7P4QfIbIbT9XsaXagnRzXjwp6ZSa65k%3D&reserved=0>
Meeting ID: 947 5286 0766
Passcode: 360167


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denise burchsted (she, her<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.diversitycenterneo.org%2Fabout-us%2Fpronouns%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cdburchsted%40keene.edu%7C6792bbb41348436daca708da092a4024%7Cd6241893512d46dc8d2bbe47e25f5666%7C0%7C0%7C637832374304841214%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=faB1CAyxfL%2BGeXq0OO6NBxmRtRFBcTZIaN9jUewIVjA%3D&reserved=0>), Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Chair, Department of Environmental & Sustainability Studies
Chair, Society for Ecological Restoration--NE Chapter

Book a meeting with me: https://bit.ly/profburchsted<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fprofburchsted&data=04%7C01%7Cdburchsted%40keene.edu%7C6792bbb41348436daca708da092a4024%7Cd6241893512d46dc8d2bbe47e25f5666%7C0%7C0%7C637832374304841214%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=aGSSJ140PooWpleO3MQKgXlrXL%2BGsT4lOmGwMpbnSLg%3D&reserved=0>

I live and work in unceded territory of the Abenaki, the Wabanaki (Dawnland) confederacy, and their ancestors of over 12,000 years. I recognize and acknowledge their stewardship, in relationship with this Land, for millenia.

I consider us to be equals. Therefore, my writing follows the same rules for both of us: you and i.
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