The Multispecies Salon presents: "Suburban Foraging: Acorn Mush"
<p>September 24, Thursday: <strong>The Multispecies Salon presents, <em>Suburban Foraging: Acorn Mush</em></strong>, featuring a discussion with Kimberly Tallbear (University of Alberta), Linda Noel (Koyungkawi poet) & Henry Horn (Princeton University) and with Tom Boellstorff (UC Irvine) as a virtual guest.</p> <p>For acorn gathering: meet in Guyot 100 at 10:00am. <br />Lunch & discussion: 12:30pm-2:00pm, Guyot 100.</p> <p>Native plants and peoples persist in suburbs that have been altered by long histories of white settler colonialism and commercial development. The Pomo people, of northern California, have explored a shared politics of resistance with plants—responding to legacies that have displaced both people and other species. Oak trees yield acorns, which can be cooked into a bitter mush that brings Pomo memories of massacres, forced marches, and internment to mind. This event will orbit around a recipe for acorn mush, by Linda Noel and Kimberly Tallbear, as well as an essay by Tom Boellstorff “Botanical Decolonization: Rethinking Native Plants.” We will collect acorns together at 10:00, and then discuss the two essays over lunch at 12:30. Acorn mush will be available for sampling.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #666666; line-height: 19.2px; text-align: center;">Due to limited space, the Multispecies Salon events are restricted to members of the University Community, except by special request.<br style="display: block; clear: both;" /></strong><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 19.2px; text-align: center;">Reading materials will be circulated to registrants in advance of the individual gatherings.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 19.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 19.2px; text-align: center;">The event will be broadcast live on Google+ and archived on YouTube. http://tinyurl.com/acorn-broadcast-princeton</span></p>