Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, Vol. 5 – Practice

Volume 5 of the Kinship series revolves around the question of practice: What are the practical, everyday, and lifelong ways we become kin?We live in an astounding world of relations.

We share these ties that bind with our fellow humans―and we share these relations with nonhuman beings as well.

From the bacterium swimming in your belly to the trees exhaling the breath you breathe, this community of life is our kin―and, for many cultures around the world, being human is based upon this extended sense of kinship.