Bestiaries of the More-Than-Humane

A Workshop Guide and Invitation to Participate

Taking inspiration from medieval bestiaries, this workshop is designed to explore lessons in righteousness learned from nonhuman creatures, providing a space for creative expression of the more-than-humane. Participants are invited to evaluate the lifeways of animals and plants and fungi they know personally, deriving guidance that might be applied to the human domain. Each participant narrates and illustrates what one of the creatures has to teach in a small hand-crafted book, using standard arts-and-crafts supplies and/or scrap materials.

Derived from workshops guided by Jonathon Keats, the instructions that follow are intended only to be suggestive. Although these instructions have been written for groups, individuals are equally welcome to participate.

All participants are invited to contribute their bestiaries to the Library of the More-Than-Humane by using the submission link below. Over the long term, the ethical principles will serve as a critical resource for research in fields ranging from philosophy to anthropology to futures studies, and may inspire new political and legal systems that reflect and protect the values of nature.