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Dr. East Keaton Britton urges 'blue attunement' in Missoula lecture
Summary
Dr. East Keaton Britton, a marine social scientist and ocean activist, told a Missoula audience that reconnecting with water—what she calls “blue attunement”—can improve well‑being and bolster conservation, drawing on science, folklore and personal surfing experience.
Dr. East Keaton Britton, a marine social scientist, surfer, writer and ocean activist with a PhD in Environment and Society, on Tuesday spoke at the Montana Museum of Art and Culture in Missoula about what she calls “blue attunement”—a practice of aligning body and attention with nearby waters to support physical and emotional health and encourage stewardship.
Blue attunement, Britton told the audience, blends “story, embodied knowing, science, mythology and even language” to create “a way of being” that reconnects people with rivers, lakes and seas. She opened by recognizing the region’s Indigenous stewards, saying she acknowledged “the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the…
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