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Tracing the Digital Plant Humanities: Narratives of Botanical Life and Human-Flora Relations
  • John Charles Ryan,
  • Paul Longley Arthur
John Charles Ryan
Southern Cross University Faculty of Business Law and Arts

Corresponding Author:john.ryan1@nd.edu.au

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Paul Longley Arthur
Edith Cowan University - Mount Lawley Campus
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Abstract

In this paper, we trace the emergence of what we term the digital plant humanities—abbreviated as DPH throughout—as an evolution of burgeoning botanical interest among environmental and digital humanists. We argue that DPH coalesces the theoretical and methodological frameworks of the three research areas of plant humanities, environmental humanities, and digital humanities. After conceptualising DPH, we analyse three projects representative of the emergent field—the Native American Ethnobotany Database; Herbaria 3.0; and Microcosms: A Homage to Sacred Plants of America—while referring to a broader range of formative projects including the Plant Humanities Lab.
Submitted to Future Humanities
16 Feb 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned
27 May 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
27 May 2024Editorial Decision: Accept