My article, “The Epistemologies of Love: Relearning the Love of Land,” has now been published in the anthology, Pedagogy in the Anthropocene. Thank you to Michael Paulsen, jan jagodzinski, and Shé M. Hawke for their wonderful work!

Here is a selection of my abstract:
Love binds people to land and offers a ‘between’ space, where ecologically responsible and relationally attuned knowledges can emerge. Yet within the dominant North American culture, love for the natural world regularly leads to ostracism, ridicule, and violence. Mainstream culture does not allow for the love of rivers, old growth forests, owls, etc. when that love comes at the expense of capitalist goals. In the Americas, settler culture continues to work to destroy the love and belonging that ties Indigenous people to their ancestral land. Mainstream culture interprets this love as unnatural, unreal, and threatening. In addition to tragic ecological and humanitarian injustices, this view limits the possibilities for an urgently needed ontological shift within Western culture and the ensuing epistemological transformation.