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Botany’s Colonial Present and Alternative Futures: A Conversation with Banu Subramaniam

Edge Effects by The Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE)

Jul 28, 202636:29Science & Medicine

Laleh Ahmad speaks with Banu Subramaniam about her recent book Botany of Empire: Plant Worlds and the Scientific Legacies of Colonialism. Their conversation explores how colonialism shaped botany and considers how we mig...

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