The Stories Plants Tell
An Introduction to Vegetal Narrative Cultures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6016289 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederike Middelhoff (0000-0002-9945-7320), Arnika Peselmann |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-188 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Narrative Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2169-0235 • E-ISSN: 2169-0251 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/ncu.2023.a903843 |
| OpenAlex | W4385609253 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Our introduction aims to contest narrative as an anthropocentric proper and delineates current theories, methods, and challenges of conceiving plants as both storytellers and storied matter. Our issue fits into the larger frame of a recent "vegetal turn" within the humanities that has long been used to find plants marginal, mute, or symbolic supplements to human stories. The introduction, therefore, focuses on forms of vegetal creativity and narrativity. It explores vegetal narrative cultures emerging when (1) plants co-author and shape narrative practices, (2) plant stories partake in the creation of multispecies societies, and (3) plant articulations are embedded in narrative contexts
Aesthetics · Anthropocentrism · Art · CONTEST · Environmental ethics · Literature · Narrative · Narrative criticism · Narrative inquiry · Narrativity · Sociology · Animal and Plant Science Education · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |