Sensory Group at the Pool Nature Center Hosted by Vermont Museum of Natural History- ‘An Immense World’

Are you interested in diversity in nature? Join Vermont Museum of Natural History’s Sensory Study Group! Starting Tuesday June 11^th at 6pm, we will be meeting for the first of ten Study groups looking at Ed Yong’s book “An Immense World”. The focus of the book is on animal senses, (both those familiar to us and those that we do not have) and how those senses shape how animals experience their world. As part of these discussions, we are going to consider how diversity in nature can inform how we address diversity in humans. This information, and the “different, not better or worse” thread that moves through the book will integrate into how we consider ‘other’ of all stripes be they two legged, four legged or ten. We will also discuss ways to develop resources for the visually or hearing-impaired visitors to the Nature Center and especially in conjunction with our Accessible trail being built this summer. We will be thinking about more than just wheelchairs.

Meetings will be at 6:00 every other Tuesday until October 15. We’ll do a couple chapters at a time to really explore not only the content of the book but also bring in some outside information. We’ll have food and time for talking and thinking. A limited number of copies of the book are available for those who need one. Please reach out to Michael Clough at michael.clough@vermontmuseum.org or Mary Wright at mary.wright@vermontmuseum.org  if you are interested in participating or would like to learn more. The Sensory Study Group is supported in part by a Vermont Humanities project grant.