A shared language of gratitude can transcend the science-tradition divide

Evidence

In a field of tall grass, with only the wind for company, there is a language that transcends the differences between scientific and traditional understandings, the data or the prayer. The wind moves through and carries the grass song. It sounds to me like mishhhhkos, over and over again on ripples of moving grass. After all it has taught us, I want to say thank you. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 587

Categorization

• XREF: Direct bridge to the Soundscape course: listening to the more-than-human voice of the grass as acoustemology — the wind’s sound as the plant’s self-announcement. — connects to: Shared values let diverse thinkers cooperate across disciplines for hegemonic ends — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 170; The gratitude ethic toward food spans unrelated cultures worldwide. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 684; Joy, not despair, is the gift owed back to a wounded earth — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 1200
• QUESTION: The word ‘mishkos’ phonetically resembles the sound of rippling grass — is this an etymology of the Potawatomi name that rewards sound-based listening?

Broader Connections

• The gratitude ethic toward food spans unrelated cultures worldwide. #exemplifies (0.85) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 684
• Shared values let diverse thinkers cooperate across disciplines for hegemonic ends #expands (0.78) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 170