Braiding Sweetgrass : Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants

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As a leading researcher in the field of biology, Robin Wall Kimmerer understands the delicate state of our world. But as an active member of the Potawatomi nation, she senses and relates to the world through a way of knowing far older than any science. In Braiding Sweetgrass, she intertwines these two modes of awareness--the analytic and the emotional, the scientific and the cultural--to ultimately reveal a path toward healing the rift that grows between people and nature. The woven essays that construct this book bring people back into conversation with all that is green and growing; a universe that never stopped speaking to us, even when we forgot how to listen.

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An Excellent BOCD Read By the Author Experience! submitted by clarka on June 21, 2022, 12:02am I read this book for class, and it was so much more than I expected it to be. Robin Wall Kimmerer's reading of her book was outstanding. I listened to it on my way to and from work, on a long trip, and still there was more! If you're up for a long listen, its worth it! There's a lot to learn from the book regarding reciprocity & working with Mother Earth.

Read by the Author! submitted by eileenw on July 4, 2023, 10:47pm Robin Wall Kimmerer has a professorship/PhD in biology and is a member of the Potawatomi nation; in this excellent collection of essays, Kimmerer explores how these two parts of have been (at different times in her life) at odds with each other and in harmony such as to bring about unexpected revelations.

Most prevalent is the theme of trusting the generational knowledge of the people who've been on and with the land for thousands of years. She highlights instance after instance where indigenous knowledge has been viewed as folk superstitions by the scientific community, then when study and scientific method are applied, science learns what indigenous observation already knew.

The author has a beautiful speaking cadence and reads her own work in such a way that gives it life and breath. The essays are best taken one at a time as the themes that draw them together can start to feel repetitive if you're listening in one long stretch; I listened in my car as I darted from place to place, but I wouldn't suggest it for a continuous listen during a long road trip.