Reseeding the City: Ethnobotany in the Urban (FREE)
Sat, Oct 26
|Watson Institute for International and P
Join Myrna for some medicine making with plants from Borikén (Puerto Rico) and a panel on The Role of Plants in Indigenous and Diaspora Community Formation
Time & Location
Oct 26, 2019, 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM
Watson Institute for International and P, 111 Thayer St, Providence, RI 02912, USA
About the event
Drawing from indigenous, cross-cultural, and Western knowledge traditions, ReSeeding invites artists, academics, designers, urban planners, farmers, botanists, and herbalists to a one-day public forum to share their perspectives on the entwined lives of humans, plants, and other life forms in urban New England.
Forum: Saturday, October 26, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm at Stephen Robert ‘62 Hall, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University (Corner of Brook and Charlesfield Streets, Atrium level)
Plenary Speakers
Elizabeth Hoover, Associate Professor of American Studies, Brown University
Rebecca Uchill, Full-Time Lecturer, Department of Art Education, Art History and Media Studies, UMass Dartmouth
Guides of plant workshop