With a bird: A Reader on Avian Kinship

Synopsis

Birds have long occupied a unique place in human imagination, serving as symbols, messengers, companions, and guides across cultures and centuries. With a Bird, brings together speculative fiction, visual art, natural history, sociology, folklore, and literary essays to explore the many ways our lives are intertwined with those of our avian neighbours. Moving between science and spirituality, dream and observation, the collection invites readers to rethink the boundaries separating human and non-human worlds.

The second volume in Onomatopee's acclaimed "rich encounters between folklore and critical research" series, With a Bird, gathers original contributions alongside writings by John Berger, Daisy Hildyard, Anna Tsing, Maria Popova, Nicholas Mirzoeff, and Marianne Elisabeth Lien. Thought-provoking, beautifully designed, and deeply interdisciplinary, it offers a compelling meditation on kinship, ecology, storytelling, and the enduring fascination birds inspire.

About the Book

Edited as part of Onomatopee's five-volume publishing project exploring relationships between humans and the natural world, With a Bird, brings together artists, writers, researchers, and thinkers from a wide range of disciplines. Combining newly commissioned work with influential contemporary essays, it offers a rich and imaginative conversation about birds as ecological, cultural, and philosophical companions.

Publisher
Onomatopee

Publication Date
2025

Format
Paperback

Pages
224

Subjects
Nature · Environmental Humanities · Art · Essays · Cultural Studies

ISBN
9789493382022