Taking as its starting point the last line of Norman Maclean’s famous novella, ‘A river runs through it’ – “I am haunted by waters” – this public lecture considers some aspects of the ways in which human identities are mediated by, and imbricated with, natural environments and the plant and animal species they support. In particular, in focusing on trout, their habitats, and their history, he engages with notions of indigeneity, alienness and belonging in South Africa and beyond. Read more