EAN: 9781736862520

PARTNERS - GAVIN VAN HORN KARTONIERT (TB)

Volume 3 of the Kinship series revolves around the question ofinterspecies relations:How do
relations between and among different species foster a sense of responsibility and belonging in
us? We live in an astounding world of relations. We share these ties that bind with our fellow
humansand 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 kinand 
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. The five Kinship volumesPlanet  Place  Partners 
Persons  Practiceoffer essays  interviews  poetry  and stories of solidarity  highlighting the
interdependence that exists between humans and nonhuman beings. More than 70
contributorsincluding Robin Wall Kimmerer  Richard Powers  David Abram  J. Drew Lanham  and
Sharon Blackieinvite readers into cosmologies  narratives  and everyday interactions that
embrace a more-than-human world as worthy of our response and responsibility.How do cultural
traditions  narratives  and mythologies shape the ways we relate  or not  to other beings as
kin? Partners  Volume 3 of the Kinship series  looks to the intimate relationships of respect
and reverence we share with nonhuman species. The essayists and poets in this volume explore
the stunning diversity of our relations to nonhuman personsfrom biologist Merlin Sheldrakes
reflections on microscopic fungal networks  to writer Julian Hoffmans moving stories about
elephant emotions and communication  to Indigenous seed activist Rowen Whites deep care for
plant relatives and ancestors. Our relationships to other creatures are not merely important 
they make us possible. As poet Brenda Cárdenas  inspired by her cultural connections to the
monarch butterfly  notes in this volume: We are   one life passing through the prism   of all
others  gathering color and song.

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