- ホーム
- > 洋書
- > ドイツ書
- > Non-Fiction Books/Guidebooks
- > Reference Books
Full Description
Seeds of Diaspora traces the intertwined histories of humans and plants amid cultural and climatic change. Through literary, visual and research-based essays, the book explores how seeds bear witness to migration, resilience and transformation.
From post-war landscapes reclaimed by plant life to the travels of fruit trees across continents, from seeds embedded in glacial ice to those carried along routes of labour and exile, Seeds of Diaspora re-imagines the map of human settlement as a living "route of roots." The contributors—writers, artists and researchers from architecture, ecology, anthropology and the humanities—invite readers to see the built and natural worlds as coevolving fields of meaning.
from the introduction: "This is a collection of works about plants and people in motion. It brings together writers, artists, and scholars across diverse disciplines to offer insights about the ethical dilemmas that arise in practices of cultivation, broadly defined. It considers the many ways that plants and people activate social and botanical systems. One objective is to inspire readers to think about how seeds and plants shape aspects of the broader human experience. Another objective is to offer a new approach to thinking about time. Seeds archive the past and serve as portals for future actions."
Contents
An Introduction: Archives and Portals: Wendy S. Walters, Lynnette Widder, and Fern Thompsett
Treasure Reserves for Ecological and Climate History: The Importance of Seed Collections: Dorothy Peteet with Thad Russell
Home Is a Foreign Tree, or a Brief History of Eucalyptus in Argentina: Lucas Mertehikian
Plants and Their Societies: Affinities, Migrations, War and Peace in Germany: Lynnette Widder
Plant Life: Jagadish Chandra Bose's "Silent Diary": Naeem Mohaiemen
Ghost Traces: On an Imaginative Ethnography with Nonhuman Migrants: Anelise Chen
Seeds Carry Us Home: Growing Transcendental Portals in the Garden and the Kitchen: Owen Taylor
Harvesting Summer for the Long Winter Ahead: A Montana Rancher's Reflections on Making Hay While the Sun Shines: Darby Minow Smith
"This Is Like a Culture Seed": On the Ethical Complexities of Becoming Animist: Fern Thompsett
Before The Sheep Meadow: A Lost Neighborhood and the Roots of Belonging: Wendy S. Walters
The Open Orchard: Seeds of Diaspora
A History of New York City in Fruit: Sam Van Aken
