Intertwined histories : plants in their social contexts / edited by Jim Ellis.

Title & Author:

Intertwined histories : plants in their social contexts / edited by Jim Ellis.

Publication:

Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, [2019]
©2019.

Description:

xix, 130 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Series:

Calgary Institute for the Humanities series, 2560-6883 ; no. 3

Notes:
This book has its origins in the Calgary Institute for the Humanities' 38th Annual Community Seminar, which took place in May 2018.
Includes bibliographical references.
Issued also in electronic format.
Co-published by: Calgary Institute for the Humanities.

Summary:

"How do we understand the boundaries of individual creatures? What are the systems of interdependency that bind all living creatures together? Plants were among thefirst to colonize the planet. They created the soil and the atmosphere that made life possible for animals. They are some of the largest and oldest life forms on Earth. In spite of their primacy, Western cultures have traditionally regarded plants as the lowest life forms, lacking mobility, sensation, and communication. But recent research argues that plants move and respond to their environment, communicate with each other, and form partnerships with other species. Art, poetry, and essays by cultural anthropologists, experimental plant biologists, philosophers, botanists and foresters expose the complex interactions of the vibrant living world around us and give us a lens through which we can explore our intertwined histories."--

ISBN:

9781773850900 softcover
1773850903 softcover
open access pdf
9781773850917
pdf
9781773850924
epub
9781773850931
kindle
9781773850948

Subject:

Plants Social aspects Congresses.
Plants in art Congresses.
Human-plant relationships Congresses.
Plants Congresses.
Plants History Congresses.
Plantes Congrès.
Plantes Histoire Congrès.
Plantes Aspect social Congrès.
Plantes dans l'art Congrès.
Relations homme-plante Congrès.
Plants.
Plants in art.
Plants Social aspects.

Form/genre:

Congress
Papers (document genres) Conference
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Actes de congrès.
Conference papers (document genres)

Added entries:

Ellis, Jim, 1964- editor.
Calgary Institute for the Humanities, publisher.
Calgary Institute for the Humanities. Seminar (38th : 2018 : Calgary, Alta.)
Calgary Institute for the Humanities, issuing body
Calgary Institute for the Humanities series ; no. 3.

Intertwined histories

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Location: Library main 304915
Call No.: BIB 250651
Status: Available

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