Field science can function as a path to cross-species kinship.

Evidence

I’ve never met an ecologist who came to the field for the love of data or for the wonder of a p-value. These are just ways we have of crossing the species boundary, of slipping off our human skin and wearing fins or feathers or foliage, trying to know others as fully as we can. Science can be a way of forming intimacy and respect with other species that is rivaled only by the observations of traditional knowledge holders. It can be a path to kinship. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 923

Categorization

• XREF: Anchors the listening/observation-as-method thread for all four courses: scientific method as empathy-as-epistemology, complementary to ch10 native-science subject framing. — connects to: Wildlife research is a new sport that outflanks mechanization and multiplies cultural value. — Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac: With Other…, 644; Experiments can be a respectful way of listening to other species. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 922; Cultural identity for hunting peoples is defined by kinship relations with specific animals — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1648 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Cultural identity for hunting peoples is defined by kinship relations with specific animals #exemplifies (0.75) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1648
• Naming species is a first step toward kinship, not a distancing taxonomy #expands (0.72) — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 492