The Wolf’s Instinct and the Memory of Mice

Across the world, people share much in common despite differences in their surroundings, languages and the forces that draw them into conflict. That tension between shared humanity and persistent division lies at the heart of “The Wolf’s Instinct and the Memory of Mice.”

The title offers an animal metaphor through which to consider human behaviour. Read figuratively, it invites reflection on the relationship between instinct and memory, rather than a literal comparison between people and animals.

Differences in language and environment can make communities appear far removed from one another. Yet recognising those differences need not mean overlooking the human similarities that cross borders.

The same perspective offers a way to think about conflict: its drivers may vary from place to place, but the people caught up in it are not wholly unlike one another. The central question is how to acknowledge what divides them without losing sight of what they share.