It matters what thoughts think thoughts. It matters what knowledges know knowledges. It matters what relations relate relations. It matters what world’s world worlds. It matters what stories tell stories.
Donna Haraway, Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene
Green Admissions begins from this idea – that how we think, tell stories, and relate to the world actively shapes it. I’m interested in how we come to understand the more-than-human world: not as something distant, but as something we’re always already entangled within.
Self-reflexivity – the practice of self-reflection and awareness – shapes how both human and non-human relations are understood in the Anthropocene. In a world where nature and culture are deeply intertwined, acknowledging this interdependence is not only necessary but inevitable. The environmental humanities help illuminate these connections, but their narratives also open new possibilities: ways of thinking, relating, and being that recognise humanity as part of, not apart from, the world.
My name is Beth Mitton. I’m a recent English Literature graduate hoping to pursue a Master’s in Environmental Policy. In the meantime, I’m exploring the different ways we can reimagine our relationship with the more-than-human world. Green Admissions is my space for thinking aloud – through reflections and conversations with people working across the environmental sector. It’s both a place to learn and to share learning, and to explore how different stories of the world come to matter.
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