2023 Integrative Studies Lecture: Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer

170 West Park Street,Westerville OH 43081

29 March, 2023

Description

Otterbein’s Frank Museum of Art & Galleries, in collaboration with the Humanities Advisory Committee and the Integrative Studies Program, welcome Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of the acclaimed bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. Public Talk: The Grammar of Animacy Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Time: 5p – 6:45p Location: Riley Auditorium, Battelle Fine Arts Center, 170 W. Park Street, Westerville, OH For more about Robin Wall Kimmerer, related resources, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), visit here. This free public lecture will be followed by a conversation between Dr. Kimmerer and interdisciplinary artists Cadine Navarro and Brian Harnetty, whose 2021-22 Otterbein exhibitions, It Sounds Like Love and Common Ground: Listening to Appalachian Ohio, involved deep listening to the natural world and, in some cases, have been informed by themes in Braiding Sweetgrass. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Janice Glowski, curator of the exhibitions and Director of The Frank Museum of Art & Galleries at Otterbein. RECEPTION and BOOK SIGNING (co-sponsored by Birdie Books) will follow the public presentation. 7p Fisher Gallery, Roush Hall, 37 S. Grove Street Pre-orders of Braiding Sweetgrass or Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses (2003) through Birdie Books are encouraged. Some copies will be available for purchase on site.