Botanizing Worlds
HIST 252
Spring 2026
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENVS 263, STS 252 |
What can plants tell us about the human condition, and more broadly about the rapidly changing conditions on Earth? In recent years, scholars, writers, and artists have been calling for new ways to address "plant blindness"; finally, it appears that plants are having a moment. Plants are crucial to the survival of human life. From the food we eat to the air we breathe to the clothes we wear, plant bodies are used to build homes, cure our ailments, and feed our addictions. Putting plants to use is tantamount to survival, but this course aims for a less extractive relationship with plants. This course explores what we might gain by learning from plants -- to know them, think with them, and attune our senses to their liveliness -- raising fundamental questions about human-plant relations to reconsider what it means to be human. This course aims to gather the lively energies surrounding plants today and the expertise of scholars and regional collaborators, and direct them toward the development of a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary curriculum by bringing together researchers, artists, and curators from multiple institutions to read and discuss key works in the botanical humanities and connect with related sites (botanic gardens, greenhouses, laboratories, archives, special collections, etc.) at our campuses. This course will showcase exercises, assignments, and reading lists that can promote humanistic research and thinking with and about plants. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (Environmental Studies Minor)(Environmental Studies)(History Minor)(History) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
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| Instructor(s): Fullilove,Courtney Times: ...W... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: TBA |
Permission of Instructor Required
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