Open Rivers

We are excited to announce #OpenRivers Issue 27 | Prospect! https://lnkd.in/gz9A2ysC This collection of articles invites us to view our environmental conditions from a new perspective, using art, language, experience, and a sense of hope. How can art, connection, and creativity influence our environmental prospects? Eric Gidal Jonee Kulman Brigham, AIA, LEED O-M Richard Frailing Clara Reynen Kaden St Onge Saloni Shokeen Marceleen Mosher, M.A. Shelley Buck (Pte Wicota) Owámniyomni Okhódayapi Laura Rockhold

Laura Rockhold, a Minnesota poet and visual artist (and UMN graduate!), writes about how her experiences with Dakota leaders, culture, and language have shaped her artistic connection with the waterways of the Twin Cities region, especially Bdóte, the sacred meeting place of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/epqBPQXC #umnproud #Bdote #poetry

In her review of "All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis," Marceleen Mosher, M.A., from the U of M's Department of Communication Studies, praises the anthology's diversity and breadth of voices, especially its wealth of perspectives from outside traditional academic spaces. In these anxious times, she writes, it's a "prescient read for all." Read more at: https://lnkd.in/eU4EMqyC #umnproud #AllWeCanSave #ClimateCrisis

In #OpenRivers, Saloni Shokeen uses the Ganga River's dual identity as a deeply holy river and a site of extreme pollution to explain eco-anxiety: the feeling people worldwide experience when pollution and climate change turn once-comforting places strange and uncanny. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/eYBDzNtj #ganga #ecoanxiety #climatechange

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to our first-ever giving campaign! #OpenRivers depends on contributions from readers like you to sustain our efforts to offer trustworthy content, facilitate opportunities for early career scholars, and change how we engage with climate change and environmental injustices.💛#givingtuesday

Today is #GivingTuesday! At Open Rivers, we are committed to working hand in hand with our authors to develop compelling and beautifully produced stories that integrate a multitude of perspectives—from science, arts, and humanities to Indigenous knowledges and community experiences—to best address water and environmental injustices. These authors include faculty, students, artists, and practitioners from around the world. We are #umnproud to publish them all and ensure #OpenRivers remains free and open access to all readers everywhere in return. Will you help us reach our $1,000 match goal today? Give now at bio!https://lnkd.in/d9gJM6YQ

In #OpenRivers, Wendy F. Todd Ph.D, Arianna Northbird Himango, and Chessaly Towne explain some common concepts shared between Alaska Native Haida and Ojibwe cultures around water by discussing the connections three Native women have to water. The article offers both story and practices that demonstrate the importance of Native knowledges for future generations. Read more at https://lnkd.in/d9pNjEVq #NationalAmericanIndianHeritageMonth #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #TEK

Based on their work in summer 2023, six early career scholars, writers, and artists from the University of Iowa and faculty member Eric Gidal share their insightful and artistic stories of nitrate pollution in Iowa water systems with #OpenRivers. From StoryMaps to drone essays, these creative expressions sit side-by-side with water quality data on the Blue Green Action Platform, a project designed to empower people with story and data on their local waters. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/eUz3Y8FW #Iowawaterquality #nitratepollution #dataandstory #BlueGAP Munachim Amah Richard Frailing Clara Reynen Kaden St Onge Women Food and Agriculture Network University of Iowa Department of English

In Issue 17 (and republished in Issue 23) of #OpenRivers, Čhaŋtémaza (Neil McKay) and Monica Siems McKay press for #restorativejustice for Indigenous peoples, not just land acknowledgements. Tracing the history of the University of Minnesota's role in contributing to the erasure of Dakhóta people, the authors remind us that "Hináȟ ded uŋyákuŋpi ye/do. We [Dakhóta people] are still here." https://lnkd.in/es3a4f8x #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NationalAmericanIndianHeritageMonth

Jonee Kulman Brigham, AIA, LEED O-M brings art and science together in #OpenRivers. She traces the work of a youth camp she facilitated at Big Stone Lake that makes invisible infrastructures visible and helps people connect with the waters of their place. Read more at https://lnkd.in/dyfVrPtw #bigstonelake #environmentaleducation #artandscience #earthsystemsjourney