Co-Creating Speculative Ecosystems
Art, Science, and the Invasive Plant Being
Co-Creating Speculative Ecosystems
Art, Science, and the Invasive Plant Being
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Description
Focusing on four plant species in the riparian landscapes of Galicia (Northern Spain), this book examines the ecological, conceptual, artistic and material reality of exotic–invasive plants and the traces they leave behind after land management processes. Rather than treating these individiums as problems, this research approaches them as collaborators. Through artistic practice and scientific experimentation, vegetal waste is transformed into new materials - pigments, paper - and artworks opening unexpected paths for creation and reflection.
Blending theory with practice, this book brings together ecological thinking, environmental humanities, and experimental processes to question the boundaries between disciplines, between nature and culture, and between human and non-human agency. It proposes that art and science, working together, can help us perceive the complexity of ecosystems and rethink our role within them.
Table of Contents
Block 1: The Invasive Plant Being and its Waste by-product
Chapter 1: Introduction to the notion of Invasive-Exotic Plant
Chapter 2: Nature perspectives in Environmental Humanities
Chapter 3: Vegetal Waste Management for Art Practice
Block 2: The hybridization of Art and Science: Languages, approaches, methodologies
Chapter 4: Analysis of methodological similarities
Chapter 5: Weaving interdisciplinarity in Art projects: Cases of study
Chapter 6: Scientific languages and tools in Art Creation
Block 3: Scientific research as artistic procedural art: Conclusions of the study
Glossary: Related terminology
Product details
| Published | Dec 10 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9798216369196 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 40 b/w |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Series | Critical Plant Studies |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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