JUXTAPOSING TWO PROJECTS, ON THE ONE HAND, A FILM CENTERED ON A SET OF PRECOLONIAL ROCK FISH TRAPS AND THEIR NONHUMAN ANCESTRAL RELATIONS IN EMMI KARRABING LANDS, AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, ALICE HENRY AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE WESTERN PLATEAU, A GRAPHIC NOVEL SET IN THE DEBRISFIELDS OF THE FUTURE, THIS TALK FOCUSES ON HOW WESTERN EPISTEMOLOGIES DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN CREATIVE FICTION AND NONFICTION AND THE MYTHIC.