ha ha! I love the idea that we should use this moment in which hugging is generally "out of style" to start hugging trees.
I have been very drawn to indigenous perspectives. Last year I also recently read Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass <https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9780141991955?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=CjwKCAiAouD_BRBIEiwALhJH6GZ5gyqg2MYBiRmwWF4VSEANDvu-n8a0nrZlpcku-_F9NPc6UonD-BoCtA8QAvD_BwE> which braids "Western" botanical science with indigenous American epistomologies. And then this astonishing All My Relations podcast <https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/>created by 2 intersectional feminist indigenous American women. In both the book and the podcast I was initially drawn by the chapters/episodes about language-loss and then stayed for the relational lens on all aspects of life which resonates for me with DIWO approaches to network culture. I'm planning to join the tree-becoming event tomorrow. : ) Ruth On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 10:49 AM Danielle Imara <danielleim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Re: Re: 3rd Be-coming Tree Global Live Art Event (Ruth Catlow and Max > Herman) > > Ruth, I am so excited by the article you shared. Such a great thought to > extend our kinship to AI. On one level, if we are imprinting the AI with > our own patterns then surely this can only lead to best outcomes in how > they develop; also for our own psyches to move on from seeing anyone or > anything as simply a tool or servant to our needs has to be an important > part of our evolution beyond hierarchical beliefs and structures. Thank you > so much for sharing. I have been looking at Robin Kimmerer, who from an > indigenous viewpoint also promotes kinship with all beings and natural > forms. > > Matthew, loving the thought of your surreptitious tree-hugging. Perhaps we > should do it more openly so others feel safe to do so. Particularly now > that human hugging is so very much out of style. Am also reading Powers' > The Overstory, which is very worthwhile and inspiring. > > See if you can attend Be-coming Tree tomorrow and let us know how it was > for you. > > On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 at 17:05, Max Herman <maxnmher...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Hi Ruth and Danielle, >> >> I have to second the great value of trees of late. I bought *the >> Overstory* but haven't read it yet, though a friend circulated a recent >> article about the real-life tree scientist Suzanne Simard who formed the >> basis for one of the characters. >> >> Daily walks among the cottonwoods along the Mississippi were a great help >> in completing my book about the *Mona Lisa* in November. Closer to home >> there is a giant elm, a rarity since the beetle infestations of the 70's, >> which I try to greet every day and when no one is watching, hug. 🙂 >> >> Very best, >> >> Max >> >> PS -- thanks for link to article on indigenous concepts in AI, will >> review. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* NetBehaviour <netbehaviour-boun...@lists.netbehaviour.org> on >> behalf of Ruth Catlow via NetBehaviour < >> netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 7, 2021 4:52 AM >> *To:* NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity < >> netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> >> *Cc:* Ruth Catlow <ruthcat...@gmail.com>; Danielle Imara < >> danielleim...@gmail.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] 3rd Be-coming Tree Global Live Art Event >> >> Thanks for sharing this Danielle, >> >> And this prompts me to share Making Kin with the Machines, a wonderful >> article by Jason Lewis, Noelani Arista, Archer Pechawis and Suzanne Kite. >> >> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326614247_Making_Kin_with_the_Machines >> >> I first came across it republished as a chapter in the (very enjoyable) Atlas >> of Anomalous AI <https://ignota.org/products/atlas-of-anomalous-ai> edited >> by Ben Vickers & K Allado-McDowel. >> >> It proposes that indigenous protocols and customs are an expression of >> the best ontologies and epistemologies for healing the land and should >> therefore be central to all AI developments. >> Drawing on a range of indigenous systems of knowledge it argues >> convincingly against the grave error of centering of human flourishing in >> Joi Ito's Resisting Reduction Manifesto >> <https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/resisting-reduction/release/17>. >> They argue that because knowledge is born of relationship with the land, >> human ethics demands disciplined and respectful making kin with all things >> (who are also beings) on earth - aiming for long term balance, and openness >> to the mystery of relating to multiple sentiences. >> >> I think this struck me especially strongly as I have spent the winter >> holidays taking solace in tramping through dank woodlands and a powerful >> feeling of being welcomed by the society of trees that live there. >> >> Warmly >> Ruth >> >> On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 9:13 AM Danielle Imara via NetBehaviour < >> netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote: >> >> Be-coming Tree >> >> On Saturday Jan 9th 31 live artists from across the globe will interact >> with a chosen tree simultaneously for one hour. These durational artworks >> will be accessed via a shared Zoom webinar. Audiences will see artists in >> their landscapes in Africa, Asia, North and South America, and all over >> Europe on the same screen. There will be a live soundscape created from >> tree data via analogue synths playing throughout. Tickets (pay what you >> can) include a donation to plant a rainforest tree. >> I am humbled by the quality of artists taking part in the event! >> This entanglement with nature and technology inspires reciprocity with >> nature and a sense of global kinship with artists and their trees, while >> contributing to reforestation. 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