Water Cosmology, Water Crisis, Water Power: Hydrometaphysics Beyond Metaphor
In Mojave poet Natalie Diaz’s words, “The Colorado River is the most endangered river in the United States—also, it is a part of my body. / I carry a river. It is who I am: ‘Aha Makav. This is not metaphor.” This symposium is provoked by Diaz’s poem, “The First Water is the Body,” and convenes scholars, activists, artists, and spiritual practitioners diversely committed to the vitality of water and waterspaces. Amidst water crisis, we seek to share cosmovisions, bodies of knowledge, modes of communication that emerge from deep attention to water. In our interlocking articulations of water cosmologies, water crisis, and water power, we aim to open new paths of insight and collaboration toward collective healing.
Free and open to the public.
This symposium is sponsored by the Institute of Sacred Music’s Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture Initiative.
Speakers:
- Tarren Andrews
- Aimee Craft
- Jasper Eastman
- Morgan Freeman
- Sally Hansen
- Emma Hitchcock
- Jonathan Howard
- Lav Kanoi
- Dana Lloyd
- Steven Mentz
- Kelsey Alejandra Moore
- Blair Nelsen
- Nathan Phelps
- Samia Rahimtoola
- Arlinda Shtuni
- Anthony Trujillo
Please register if you plan on attending lunch at the symposium on Friday, November 7. Registration is only required for lunch and not for the overall event.
Contact: Katya Vetrov
Art Credit:
Saif Azzuz
Aiken’s crick (Lulu), 2019
Acrylic, enamel, spray paint and oil stick on canvas
62 x 90 inches
157.5 x 228.6 cm
Photo credit:
Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Meier, Mill Valley