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Veronica Strang

Veronica Strang is an author and professor of anthropology affiliated to Oxford University. Her work combines cultural anthropology with environmental studies, and focuses on the relationship between human communities and their environments.

Strang's publications include the books 'The Meaning of Water' (Berg 2004); Gardening the World: agency, identity, and the ownership of water' (Berghahn 2009); 'What Anthropologists Do' (Routledge 2009, 2021), 'Water Nature and Culture' (Reaktion 2015) and most recently 'Water Beings: from nature worship to the environmental crisis' (Reaktion 2023), which is based on a major comparative study of water deities around the world. Further information is available on her website at: https://www.veronicastrang.com/

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Wisdoms of Water

Join this online course together with leading teachers, healers, researchers, activists, and artists, and dive into the spiritual realms of water, discovering the deep sea and the memories it holds. We will resurface to understand how the way that we treat water is intrinsically connected with our bodies and our future.