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Title: | Towards a corporeal aesthetics of plants: Ethnographies of embodied appreciation along the wildflower trail | Contributor(s): | Ryan, John C (author) | Publication Date: | 2010 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1080/10304312.2010.489721 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20854 | Abstract: | This paper argues for the application of ethnographic practice, specifically participant observation and semi-structured interviewing, in the development of a corporeal aesthetics of flora. The study is characterized as an ethnography of botanists and, building upon emerging work in cultural ecology and human-plant geographies, is situated within the proposed context of cultural botany. During the Southwest Australian spring wildflower season between August and October of 2009 I conducted interviews with professional and amateur botanists, as well wildflower enthusiasts and tourists, at two places of remarkable floristic diversity: the Lesueur-Eneabba region and the Fitzgerald River National Park. Interview transcripts suggest the possibility of a corporeal aesthetics as a postcolonial countermeasure to the predominantly visual, scientific construction of the aesthetic value of wild flora. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 24(4), p. 543-557 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1469-3666 1030-4312 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200502 Australian Literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature) 200525 Literary Theory 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 969999 Environment not elsewhere classified 959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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