Branching Out: An Exploration of Arboreal Stories
Part of the Adult Learning Series.
The arboreal humanities is an emerging field of study that seeks to explore the relationship between humans and trees through literature, art, and other forms of expression.
Emma Knickelbine, a PhD student in literature at UW-Milwaukee, discusses her ongoing research in the arboreal humanities and explores the significance behind the language we use to describe trees, and ourselves in relation to them. Explore how trees are depicted in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick (no prior reading is required!), explore contemporary arboreal literature, and venture outside to investigate our own relationships with arboreal life.
Fee: sliding scale of $3-$10/person (cash preferred).
Registration appreciated by Thursday, July 10; email jessicaj@woodlanddunes.org or call 920-793-4007.
