“What you do every day makes you who you are."
Leanne Simpson
The snow has melted. The Anishinaabe season Ziigwan, invites us to the first part of spring, when the sap starts to flow again in the tree trunks. In our favourite time of the year, this season of renewal and radical transformation, we gather around nibi, the concept of water. We follow the eel how it used to swim from the Sargasso Sea to the Nishnaabeg territory now blocked by dams and polluted water.
We dive into the pressing and personal writings of Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer, musician and artist in her latest book “Theory of Water – Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead”.
In “Theory of Water” Leanne Betasamosake Simpson tells stories of nibi, water in its different states and her relationships to it. She connects water to elders' knowledge, and practices of resistance to counter colonialism and ecocides.
Between Us and Nature is an ongoing reading club. Attendees read passages together out loud, and share experiences and thoughts about the nature they live in. Looking beyond disciplines, the group creates a space to learn from and with soil, water, bacteria, algae, fungi, and multinaturalist narratives.
TIME: We start at 18:30 sharp. We have 2 hours of reading together.
Come and join us with an open mind:
RSVP is mandatory: betweenusnature [at] gmail [dot] com
Wednesday 25th of March 2026 at 18:15 (we start at 18:30 sharp!)
Zabriskie Bookshop, Reichenberger Str. 150, 10999 Berlin
Hosts: Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, artist, and Sina Ribak, researcher for ecologies and the arts
In collaboration with Zabriskie Buchladen für Kultur und Natur
References:
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Theory of Water – Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead, Haymarket Books, 2025.
