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Public Talk: The Grammar of Animacy. Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2022 In addition to Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which has earned her wide acclaim, her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals. She tours widely and has been featured on NPR’s On Being with Krista Tippett and in 2015 addressed the general assembly of the United Nations on the topic of “Healing Our Relationship with Nature.” Kimmerer lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, whose mission is to create programs which draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge for our shared goals of sustainability.
Publication Date
3-29-2023
Keywords
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Otterbein University, Braiding Sweetgrass, Indian Philosophy Human-Plant Relationships
Disciplines
Higher Education
Recommended Citation
Integrative Studies Program, "2023 Integrative Studies Lecture: Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer" (2023). INST Lectures. 1.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/inst_lectures/1
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This recording is the property of Robin Wall Kimmerer, but may be used by members of Otterbein University for educational purposes. For questions or further information about usage rights, please contact the library at 614-823-1984 or library@otterbein.edu.
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