Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

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Robin Wall Kimmerer: Braiding Sweetgrass (AudiobookFormat, 2016, Tantor Audio)

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Am 5. Juli 2016 von Tantor Audio veröffentlicht.

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978-1-5159-5590-0
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As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together to show that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings are we capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learning to give our own gifts in return.

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hat Braiding Sweetgrass von Robin Wall Kimmerer besprochen

A Beautifully Written But Content Light Book

This book deftly mixes personal stories with an introduction to a wide variety of Native American creation stories, cultural practices, foodways, agricultural practices, and epistemologies (seriously). I also appreciated the academic botanical knowledge that Kimmerer brings here adds a solid additional dimension to the book. I was hoping for much less of a focus on the anecdotal stories here, but if that's what you're looking for you'll like the book even more than I did.

hat Braiding Sweetgrass von Robin Wall Kimmerer besprochen

Radical Reframing of Nature

An obvious 5*, Kimmerer is an incredible author with a strong base of knowledge that spans across many fields. Her authorial voice is more like a guide, bringing you through her life and relationship with the world around her all while imparting important knowledge, advice, Native lore and experience, and political lessons. I do feel in parts it could have benefitted from longer chapters, but overall I found this to be a really brilliant read.