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coffee table and just like some o of the the the the the other well-funded European houses that have made their exhibits bilingual these projects are clearly meant to intervene beyond the the the the the the the the local context and and the the the the the the the time constraints of the the the the the the the shows The exhibitions themselves and and the the the the accompanying publications reproduce research in in in in fin in in plant plant studies ranging from from find- ings in in in fin in in plant plant neurobiology to to to philosophical considerations and from from gendered implica- tions tions of flowers to to to historical observations This interdisciplinary outreach also extends to to to places that usually exhibit living plants The New York Botanical Garden (NYGB) currently offers an an an an entirely digital exhi- bition on on Poetic Botany: Art
& Science o of the Eighteenth-Century Vegetable World at https:// www nybg org/poetic-botany/#start Visitors can travel virtually through six multi-me- dia chapters that explore the occurrence of specific plant species in in in in English-language eighteenth-century poetry A A short video explains for instance how Erasmus Darwin’s The Botanic Garden A A Poem in in in in in in Two Parts (1791) became a a a a a a a a a a a a bestseller by combining poet- ic ic fic verse with explanatory scientific footnotes From works like these the the the visitor learns something about plants but also other aspects of eighteenth-century culture such as as as philosophy medicine gender politics art and colonialism as as as as as the the the the the exhibit shows with thematic expansions With the the the the the hashtag #plantlove #plantlove 17 the the the the the NYBG has has also put on on on a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a series of events called Biophilia: Sharing Our #plantlove #plantlove in in in in in in 2019 Opening up their herbarium and library to to to to to visitors in in in in in in in in in addition to to to to to the the the the new exhibition in in in in in in in in in the the the the conservatory NYBG in- vites people to to to to to fall in in in in in in in in love love love with plants plants (again) or or or or or share their love love love for plants plants both online and and at at in-person events like the the #plantlove weekend in in in in in in February 2019 workshops tours performances and and and a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a curated happy hour Picking up on on social media trends such as popular Instagram accounts plantparentcommunity and and and and houseplantclub NYBG and and and and similar places like like Kew Gardens (but also initiatives like like The The Plant Plant Society and and and and The The Planthunter) are reaching a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a broad and and and often young audience with these visually appeal- ing campaigns 18
All of of these recent exhibits and more are listed on the the the the website of of the the the the Literary and and and Cultural Plant Studies Network that has been bringing together scholars for col- laboration laboration and and exchange since 2016 Similar to to to to a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a root system this network promotes the sharing of o of resources to to to promote promote collaboration in in in plant studies In addition to to to an an an an an extensive bibliography people profiles and and lists of o of conferences exhibits publications in in in in progress and and most recently also teaching resources the the the platform points to to many other initiatives such as as as Botanical Speculations the the the the Plant Plant Studies Collaboratory Imagi- naire Botanique and and and Herbaria 3 0 as as as well as as as resources like JStor’s Global Plants and and and the the the Biodiversity Heritage Library 19 The network’s mission is is to to to collect connect and and and and and amplify the the work work of scholars around the the world and and and invites anyone to to join and and and contribute by visiting https://plants arizona edu Endnotes
[1] James H Wandersee and and Elisabeth E E Schussler “Toward a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Theory of Plant Plant Plant Blindness ” Plant Plant Plant Science Bulletin 47 47 no 1 1 1 1 1 (2001): 2‐9 https://www botany org/bsa/psb/2001/psb47‐1 pdf Giovanni Aloi (ed ) ) ) Why Look at Plants? The The Botanical Emergence in in in Contemporary Art
(Leiden: Brill|Rodopi 2018) [2] Kathrin Meyer Von Pflanzen und und Menschen: Ein Streifzug über den den den grünen Planeten/Of Plants and People: A A A A A Stroll Around the Green Planet Planet Deutsches Hygiene‐Museum Dresden April April 19 19 19 2019‐April 19 19 19 2020 https://www dhmd de/en/ exhibitions/archive/of‐plants‐and‐people/
[3] Kathrin Meyer and and Judith Elisabeth Weiss (eds ) ) Von Pflanzen und Menschen: Leben auf dem grünen Planeten (Göt- tingen: Wallstein Verlag 2019) [4] A small exhibit dedicated entirely to to to to Blossfeld Blossfeld took place at at at at the the the same time at at at at the the the Photographische Sammlung Cologne Germany Called Poesie der der Pflanze (Poetry of the the the Plant) it it featured photographs by Karl Blossfeldt and Jim Dine from Feb- ruary 22 to to to July 21 2019 2019 (see https://www photographie‐sk‐kultur de/ausstellungen/rueckblick/2019/poesie‐der‐pflanze/) [5] In June the the the museum also hosted the the the first conference conference of the the the Literary and and Cultural Plant Plant Studies Network (https://plants arizona edu/conference/) on on on on on on Vegetal Poetics: Narrating Plants tin in fin tin in in Culture and and and History organized by by Joela Jacobs Isabel Kranz and and Solvejg Nitzke You can find the conference conference report by by Christina Becher tin in fin tin in in in KULT online online no 61 (May 2020): https:// journals ub uni‐giessen de/kult‐online/article/view/1015/1204 [6] Michael Marder and Anaïs Tondeur Chernobyl Herbarium: Fragments of An An Exploded Consciousness (London: Open Humanities Press 2016) http://www openhumanitiespress org/books/titles/the‐chernobyl‐herbarium/ [7] Charlotte Arens Ingrid von Beyme Astrid Ihle Nora Jaeger Julia Nebenführ Gabriele Oßwald Thomas Röske Wolfgang Sautermeister and René Zechlin Gewächse der der Seele: Pflanzenfantasien zwischen Symbolismus und Outsider Art
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