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Description
This compelling story of a scientist's discovery of plant communication reveals how we "have been misunderstanding plants, and ourselves, for all of history.” In this ‘phytobiography’ - a collection of stories written in partnership with a plant - research scientist Monica Gagliano shares genuine first-hand accounts from her research into plant communication and cognition. Gagliano encourages us to rethink plants as people – as beings with subjectivity, consciousness, and volition – with the capacity for their own perspectives and voices. The book draws on up-close-and-personal encounters with the plants themselves, as well as plant shamans, indigenous elders, and mystics from around the world and integrates these experiences with an incredible research journey and the ground-breaking scientific discoveries that emerged from it.
Join Dr Maria Sledmere for the second of our Spring Fling! book groups to discuss Gagliano’s book, and how it has re-ignited the discourse on plant subjectivity and ethical and legal standing. No advanced reading required – copies of relevant passages will be provided. Light refreshments provided.