Natural History of Silence Portents Sally Ann McIntyre (AUS/NZ)

Sally Ann McIntyre (AUS/NZ)

by Robin Wall Kimmerer * Poem

All human history is woven through these stories

makes space for ethnographic speculation of practices and relations that exist in a way we do not know

Natural History of Silence Portents Sally Ann McIntyre (AUS/NZ)In our busy, noisy world, we may find ourselves longing for silence. But what is silence exactly? Is it the total absence of sound? Or is it the absence of the sound created by humans the kind of deep stillness you might experience in a remote mountain landscape covered in snow, far away from the bustle of human life? When we listen closely, silence reveals a neglected reality. Neither empty nor singular, silence is instead plentiful and multiple. In