Plantarium: Human-Vegetal Ecologies

Marianna Szczygielska; Olga Cielemęcka

doi:10.28968/cftt.v5i2.32875

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Published: Dec 9, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.28968/cftt.v5i2.32875

Keywords:

plant studies, vegetal, feminism, human-plant relations, colonialism

Marianna Szczygielska

Olga Cielemęcka

Abstract

This is the introduction to the special section.

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2019): Special Section on Plantarium: Human–Vegetal Ecologies

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Plantarium: Human-Vegetal Ecologies

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