TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jim Ellis (editor)
AB  - How do we understand the boundaries of individual creatures? What are the systems of interdependency that bind all living creatures together? Plants were among the the first 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.
ID  - OAPEN ID: 35987
KW  - Art
KW  - Poetry
KW  - Plants
KW  - Essays
L1  - https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773850900/
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/50556
PB  - University of Calgary Press
PY  - 2019
SN  - 9781773850917
TI  - Intertwined Histories: Plants in their Social Contextsnull
ER  - 
