Una trenza de hierba sagrada

Saber Indígena, Conocimiento Científico y Las Enseñanzas de Las Plantas

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464 pages

Spanish language

Published by Capitán Swing Libros.

ISBN:
978-84-122817-4-3
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5 stars (3 reviews)

Como botánica, Kimmerer formula preguntas sobre la naturaleza con las herramientas de la ciencia. Como miembro de la Citizen Potawatomi Nation, comparte la idea de que las plantas y los animales son nuestros maestros más antiguos. En Una trenza de hierba sagrada, Kimmerer une estas dos lentes del conocimiento para guiarnos en «un viaje que es tan mítico como científico, tan sagrado como histórico, tan inteligente como sabio», en palabras de la escritora Elizabeth Gilbert. Basándose en su vida como científica, indígena, madre y mujer, nos muestra cómo otros seres vivos nos ofrecen regalos e importantes lecciones, incluso aunque hayamos olvidado cómo escuchar sus voces. En una rica trenza de reflexiones que van desde la creación de Isla Tortuga hasta las fuerzas que amenazan hoy su florecimiento, Kimmerer despliega su idea central: el despertar de una conciencia ecológica requiere el reconocimiento y la celebración de nuestra relación recíproca con el …

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reviewed Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A Powerful Journey

5 stars

I love nature and I love books.If you do too, you might love this book. Told with a almost mystical reverence for the natural world, but with the voice of a scientifically trained botanist it weaves a story that while tragic at times is hopeful and uplifting. I feel like I struggled along with the author as she told her story and came out a better person in the end because of it. The audiobook is narrated by the author and that adds an extra dimension to the book and makes it more enjoyable, something rare for author narrated audiobooks.

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reviewed Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Review of 'Braiding Sweetgrass' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

This book has permanently changed the way I think about the world. It made me so overwhelmed with emotions that at times I had to set down my phone and cry for a few minutes. But it is beautiful. It is poignant and important and it has given me renewed hope for a world that is increasingly terrifying. 

reviewed BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A strong argument for other ways of knowing

4 stars

Kimmerer spends a lot of time in this book comparing and contrasting Western science to indigenous ways of knowing, specifically from the Potawatomi tradition. As she's someone formally trained in western science, I understood her thesis being that indigenous ways of knowing can coexist with western science, but more than anything, I felt that this book did a really good job justifying why we shouldn't treat science as the end all be all of knowledge.

On one hand, I think this book reintroduced my very secular mind to the ways in which having a spiritual connection to nature can be extremely enriching and can add to our collective understanding of the natural world

On the other hand, it provides a basis for understanding where exactly science falls short in its attempt to catalogue the universe, as well as exposing its "objectivity" for the many ways in which it is actually …