1 MAKING KIN WITH THE MACHINES

Man is neither height nor center of creation. This belief is core to many Indigenous epistemologies. It underpins ways of knowing and speaking that acknowledge kinship networks that extend to animal and plant, wind and rock, mountain and ocean. Indigenous communities worldwide have retained the languages and protocols that enable us to engage in dialogue with our nonhuman kin, creating mutually intelligible discourses across differences in material, vibrancy, and genealogy.