(c) design Lorena Carras In opening up the worlds of botany and feminism through interdisciplinary approaches, we see new multispecies possibilities. Banu Subramaniam
Reading Banu Subramaniam’s book Botany of Empire: Plant Worlds and the Scientific Legacies of Colonialism, we want to explore the labyrinthine histories of colonialism and how it transformed plant worlds into biological knowledge.
Between Us and Nature is an ongoing reading club that chooses texts related to natural sciences, art, anthropology, postcolonialism and the (post)anthropocene from a eco-feminist perspective. Attendees read passages together out loud, and share experiences and thoughts about the nature they live in. Looking beyond disciplines, the group creates a space to learn from and with bacteria, algae, fungi, soil and multinaturalist narratives.
Come and join us with an open mind:
How: RSVP is mandatory: betweenusnature[at]gmail [dot] com
What: The Reading Club is in English language
When: Wednesday 4th of June 2025 at 18:30 (sharp)
Where: Zabriskie, Reichenberger Str. 150, 10999 Berlin
Hosts: Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, artist, and Sina Ribak, researcher for ecologies and the arts
In collaboration with Zabriskie Buchladen für Kultur und Natur
Reference:
Banu Subramaniam, Botany of Empire: Plant Worlds and the Scientific Legacies of Colonialism. Book. 2024. Published by: University of Washington, 14.
(c) work Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Alocasia macrorrhizos, 2017, Cyanotype on cotton