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SUMMARY:Gavin Van Horn
DESCRIPTION:Join Mesa alum Gavin Van Horn and contributors to the new anthology\, Sensoria: Attending to the Wonder and Vitality of Nature at this event organized by Point Reyes Books. \nAbout Sensoria\nFrom the mating calls of chorus frogs to insect olfaction to elephant funerary rites to the memory-rich tastes of place\, Sensoria offers an immersion in the sensual experiences of seeing\, hearing\, touching\, tasting\, and smelling—and their interactions\, combinations\, and more-than-human manifestations. This shimmering volume of sensation from Humans & Nature Press proposes possibilities and practices to heighten and expand readers’ empathic imaginations and sensory awareness of the natural world through everyday experiences with nature. \nHumans\, along with all other creatures\, are an entanglement of sensual relations\, shaping and shaped by our somatic engagement with the world. The essays and poetry of Sensoria transport readers into compelling stories and ethical reflections that stretch the limits of the moral imagination\, calling attention to the wondrous ways in which humans and other-than-human beings experience and perceive the world\, not just through the senses but within them. By exploring the sensorium among all forms of life endowed with different kinds of consciousness and communicative abilities\, this volume highlights ecologically and socially diverse ways of touching the world with mind\, and touching mind with the world. \nThe sensory faculties are inherently about the capability of paying attention to other beings and forces that share our planet and whose lives are interwoven with our own. For each of the five senses\, the contributors to Sensoria—including music composer David Rothenberg\, historian of color Carolyn Purnell\, bio-philosopher Andreas Weber\, filmmaker Kalyanee Mam\, neuroethologist Bill Hansson\, travel writer and novelist Nick Hunt\, and religious scholar Graham Harvey—explore and illuminate the biology and neurology of sensation as well as the imaginative possibilities for understanding the senses. This timely volume offers readers new ways of understanding relations in everyday encounters that link our inner and outer awareness—embodied experiences that shape what we see\, hear\, touch\, taste\, and smell\, and the way these perceptions can help us to attend more closely and respectfully to the lifeworlds of other-than-human creatures. \n\nGavin Van Horn\, PhD\, is the executive editor of Humans & Nature Press Books\, the author of The Way of Coyote\, and the co-editor of City Creatures: Animal Encounters in the Chicago Wilderness\, Wildness: Relations of People and Place\, the award-winning five-volume series Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations\, and the five-volume series Elementals. He currently resides in the ancestral lands of the Northern Chumash people in San Luis Obispo\, California\, where you can find him wandering the nearby hills and shores\, senses awakened by sage\, hummingbirds\, and ocean air. Gavin was a resident at Mesa Refuge in 2016. You can learn more about Gavin here.
URL:https://mesarefuge.org/event/gavin-van-horn/
LOCATION:Pt Reyes Presbyterian Church\, 11445 CA-1\, Point Reyes Station\, CA\, 94956\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fall Harvest: Indigenous Foodways and Travel
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special afternoon at Mesa Refuge with Terria Smith\, Crystal Wahpepah\, Theresa Harlan\, and Sara Calvosa Olson (Photo: in order L to R) on Indigenous culture\, storytelling\, travel\, and foodways. \nProgram\n2-3 pm – Terria Smith and Theresa Harlan in conversation about travel and culture\n3-4 pm – Crystal Wahpepah and Sara Calvosa Olson in conversation about foodways and food sovereignty\n4-5 pm – Refreshments and apple picking \nThank you to our event sponsors including Marin Community Foundation\, Tamalpais Trust\, and West Marin Fund.
URL:https://mesarefuge.org/event/fall-harvest-indigenous-foodways-and-travel/
LOCATION:Mesa Refuge\, 11 Los Reyes Dr\, Point Reyes Station\, California\, 94956\, United States
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SUMMARY:Holiday Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join the Mesa Refuge community for a holiday happy hour at Local Economy in Oakland! We invite all Mesa Refuge alums and those interested in our residency to connect\, enjoy refreshments\, and hear more about the writing that we support at our retreat.
URL:https://mesarefuge.org/event/holiday-happy-hour/
LOCATION:Local Economy\, 6028 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618
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