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Curated Exhibition by Andrew S. Yang
Making Kin—Worlds Becoming
Making Kin is an online art exhibition exploring the visual dimensions of kinship in a more-than-human world. With work from 24 artists from around the world, Making Kin is in conversation with the themes—Planet, Place, Partners, Persons, Practice—that are central to the Center for Humans and Nature’s five-volume book series, Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations. The participating artists illuminate the deep connections between humans and nature while inviting us to consider how kinship practices and ethics can expand our sense of identity, as well as deepen our care and respect for other-than-human kin.
Making Kin is part of the Center for Humans and Nature’s Kinship Project, which includes a five-volume book series, podcast, and ongoing events.
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Wisconsin Public Radio’s To the Best of Our Knowledge
Kinship with the More-Than-Human World
In partnership with Wisconsin Public Radio’s To the Best of Our Knowledge and with support from the Kalliopeia Foundation, the Center for Humans and Nature is exploring the theme of “kinship” in a special series of radio and podcast episodes. Leading scientists, philosophers, and writers illuminate ways in which “personhood” transcends the human species and shows how kinship practices can deepen our care and respect for the more-than-human world.
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Open for pre-orders — Invitation to Listen: The Poetry of Plain, Air
Dear Reader, This fall, Humans & Nature Press will publish a work of artistic collaboration among composer Tonia Ko, the musicians of Spektral Quartet, author Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Potawatomi
Join the Sensoria launch event on Tuesday, Sept 8 at About Time Bookstore
Dear Reader, This coming Tuesday, September 8th, join the Center for Humans & Nature at 6pm at About Time Bookstorein Libertyville, Illinois as we celebrate the release of the latest book from
SENSORIA is out September 8th: Join book events next week!
Dear Reader, We are very excited to share that the latest book from Humans & Nature Press, Sensoria: Attending to the Wonder and Vitality of Nature is out on September 8, 2026, one
Upcoming Events
September 18, 2026 | SENSORIA at the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook | Stony Brook, New York
Join Sensoria co-editor Gavin Van Horn at the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook on Friday, September 18, 2026 from 1:15pm to 2:15pm for a discussion of the newest book from Humans
September 19, 2026 | SENSORIA at CEED – Center for Environmental Education and Discovery | Brookhaven, New York
Join Sensoria co-editor Gavin Van Horn at CEED – Center for Environmental Education and Discovery in Brookhaven, New York for an author event from 5pm to 7pm on Saturday, September
September 16, 2026 | SENSORIA at Clintonville Books | Columbus, Ohio
Join Sensoria co-editor Gavin Van Horn at Clintonville Books in Columbus, Ohio for an author event from 6:30pm to 7:30pm on Wednesday, September 16th. RSVP for the event here. From Clintonville
