In a time of ecological urgency, revitalizing our relationships with the other-than-human world has never been more vital. The Kinship Series roundtable brings together artists, scientists, biologists, activists, and thinkers from diverse fields to reflect on the unique ways human practices can reveal and nurture the intricate web of reciprocal relationships that shape our world. To speak of a tree, a river, or a landscape is also to speak of the network of beings—human and other-than-human—that makes, surrounds, and sustains it.

Our human gestures, both personal and collective, hold the potential to uncover and deepen the relationships between beings. By widening our perception and attuning ourselves to the subtle languages that emerge from these interconnections, we open up new pathways of listening and responding to the living world.

This process involves rekindling bonds through sensitive, creative, and situated acts - gestures capable of fostering renewed attention, care, and presence. From these efforts, new alliances may arise, supporting and amplifying affinities between species and environments.

Ultimately, the notion of kinship invites us to imagine long-term forms of interspecies coexistence - futures grounded in reciprocity, solidarity, and mutual flourishing. These reflections call us to listen to the wisdom of the Earth and envision ways of living together that are collaborative, embodied, and deeply intertwined.

As part of this series, the Kinship with Trees and Forests roundtable is an invitation to explore practices that cultivate reciprocal relationships with trees and forest ecosystems. Through gestures of care—artistic, scientific, ritual—we deepen our understanding of these living systems and nurture new ways of relating to them.