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Slow journalling:
Learning with nature and our non-human kin

Glasgow Zine Library
Glasgow
2023

For Glasgow Zine Fest (2023), Maymana Arefin invited participants to slowly wander, rest, spend time with and collectively learn from and with the plants and non-human kin who live in the Woodlands Community Garden, Glasgow. 

Maymana shared knowledge about the plants that we met, their herbal properties, relationships with other creatures and wildlife, and the abundance of stories that they hold throughout time. Creatively responding to the environment, we noted down thoughts, feelings and responses to the natural world and practised 'journalling': a method of field recording and a technique used to cultivate deeper relationships with nature.


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