Medical encounters have the power to shape us intimately. So — in what ways do they shape us? Do different forms of medicine shape us in different ways? And when thousands or millions of us engage with a particular system of medicine, what kind of society will we be inclined to shape? In this event, we’ll consider the question of what happens to us when we undergo plant-medicine experiences, and how this might differ from what happens to us when we engage with conventional Western medicine. We’ll ask questions of history and philosophy, in order to seek deep answers for why these differences might be so. And we’ll consider what lessons the herbal medicine experience might have to offer us for grappling with deep modern social problems of ecological crisis and race. Can Western herbalism consider itself to have a politics? Should it? This event will include a talk on these themes preceded and followed by discussion, in order to combine book learning with the collected wisdom of the people in the room.
The event will be moderated by Jason Hirsch, a student of Western herbalism and a graduate student in anthropology. He is offering this event as part of a research project conducted with Western herbalists in Vermont., The event is designed both as an opportunity for the moderator to learn from the community, and as a way to begin the process of giving back. Participants will be offered consent forms on which they can indicate whether or not they wish their comments to be included anonymously in the research project.
Cost is by donation. Pre-registration preferred.
The event will be moderated by Jason Hirsch, a student of Western herbalism and a graduate student in anthropology. He is offering this event as part of a research project conducted with Western herbalists in Vermont., The event is designed both as an opportunity for the moderator to learn from the community, and as a way to begin the process of giving back. Participants will be offered consent forms on which they can indicate whether or not they wish their comments to be included anonymously in the research project.
Cost is by donation. Pre-registration preferred.
