Plant-human Hybrids in Contemporary Fiction. Environmental Lunchtime Discussion

Astrid Møller-Olsen (Invited speaker)

Chinese Studies

Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

Description

Can monstrous plants help human beings imagine and transform themselves into more sustainable creatures? In this talk, Dr. Astrid Møller-Olsen analyses fictional plant-human hybrids that question the nature-culture dichotomy and explore alternative paths to understanding the planet as a cross-species environment.

Period	2021 Mar 10
Held at	University of Oslo, Norway
Degree of Recognition	International

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Languages and Literature
Other Humanities

Free keywords

environmental humanities, speculative fiction, plants, critical plant studies, Sinophone literature, Chinese literature

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Can monstrous plants help human beings imagine and transform themselves into more sustainable creatures? In this talk, Dr. Astrid Møller-Olsen analyses fictional plant-human hybrids that question the nature-culture dichotomy and explore alternative paths to understanding the planet as a cross-species environment.