Deep Water Projects/DCS Double Bill – Sat., May 10
May 8, 2025
As our planet undergoes profound transformation, this conversation with climate scientist Kate Marvel, Indigenous scholar Lyla June Johnston, and literary historian John MacNeill Miller explores how we might similarly transform our cultural narratives about Earth. Marvel’s new book, Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet, demonstrates how climate science itself is evolving – from sterile data to emotionally resonant storytelling. Lyla June Johnston illuminates the ways in which Indigenous knowledge transforms our understanding of humanity’s role, showing how Native Americans historically served as keystone species who nurtured ecosystems into abundance. Miller uncovers how 19th century literature first captured – then lost – nature’s interconnectedness, a transformation in storytelling with lasting consequences.
Together, they’ll examine how this moment demands more than policy changes – it requires a fundamental metamorphosis in how we see ourselves within nature’s web. This dialogue offers a chrysalis for our collective imagination – where scientific truth, ancestral wisdom and narrative art might combine to birth new ways of being in a changing world.
Featuring:
Lyla June
Dr. Lyla June Johnston (aka Lyla June) is an Indigenous musician, author, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages.
John MacNeill Miller
John MacNeill Miller is Associate Professor of English at Allegheny College, where he writes and teaches at the intersections of literature, animal studies, and the environmental humanities.
Kate Marvel
Kate Marvel is a senior climate scientist at Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions.
Join us on Jun 22, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm at Krause Recital Hall, DVAA37 Main St. Narrowsburg, New York
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Presented in association with Damascus Citizens for Sustainability.
