About the Course
In this unique 3-day course, you'll approach tracking and naturalist studies in ways that invite you to see, touch, taste, smell and imagine your way into deeper levels of perception, connecting you with the animacy and intelligence of the landscape. Using elemental principles of artistic observation -- attending to line, texture, light, color, and form -- participants will experiment with slowing down, orienting to the elements, and inhabiting the questions instead of merely trying to "solve" them.
If you're looking to broaden your experience and deepen your skill in wildlife tracking and reading landscapes, this course will help you experiment with your own animality and modes of perception that conventional naturalist studies often tragically ignore.
With the exception of our expedition programs, most of our courses are hosted within a 30 mile radius of Charlottesville, VA. The diverse nature of our programs is best served by a constellation of sites that includes both public and private land. To protect the safety and privacy of our host site partners as well as the safety of our participants, we do not disclose the addresses or coordinates of our sites online. Upon registering for a course — or no later than 2 weeks prior to its start date — all participants will receive details and directions to the public, pre-course meetup location, from which we will caravan to the host site.
Instructor(s)
A wildlife tracker & mentor with over 25 years of field experience, Daniel’s work in conservation & education has taken them to wolf dens, elk herds, rhino encounters, & lion trails. They are a Track & Sign Evaluator with Tracker Certification North America and are certified in Eurasia & Africa as well. Daniel has intensively mentored well over 100 wildlife trackers and taught many hundreds through workshops & trainings. Brimming with creativity, their approach to mentoring is unlike any other. Everyone has unique gifts, needs, & styles. One of Daniel’s virtues is in learning, respecting, and serving each student’s needs while tending to a group’s cohesion.
Daniel Hansche
