'Making Kin with Trees'

This conversation with environmental humanities scholar and author Solvejg Nitzke will explore intriguing questions that are raised in her recent book Making Kin with Trees. A Cultural Poetics of Interspecies Care such as: Is it ok for scientists to be, or to admit to be, tree huggers? What does referring to oneself (even ironically) as a "tree hugger" reveal about one’s stance toward trees, such as their potential sentience? Are there ways in which science and storytelling should or shouldn’t be connected?

What are the barriers between intellectual and emotional connections with trees, and what are the reasons for and results of these barriers? How does science and nature writing about trees impact caring about trees? Are there ways in which non-fictional writing about trees can foster future co-existence?

The conversation will be moderated by Laura Pustarfi, a Plant Initiative board member.

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