Green Sense
The aesthetics of plants, place and language
The term 'botanical aesthetics' refers to the visual and embodied modes which inform the perception, understanding, and appreciation of plant life. Green Sense is an interdisciplinary study of human aesthetic relationships to wild plants and the 'cultures of flora' that may characterise a region. The book explores botanical aesthetics through a study of the South-West region of Western Australia; a biodiversity 'hotspot' of international standing. Through a diverse range of materials, approaches, and perspectives, this title points to the interplay of values informing cultures of flora-from visual aesthetics and scient…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-9573017-0-2
- EAN: 9780957301702
- Produktnummer: 14078007
- Verlag: TrueHeart Press (Oxford) Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 406 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D2.6 cm 774 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 774
Über den Autor
John Charles Ryan a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Research in Entertainment, Arts, Technology, Education and Communications (CREATEC) and the School of Communications and Arts at Edith Cowan University in Mount Lawley, Western Australia. Prior to his appointment, he completed a research doctorate in Communications with a focus on ecocultural studies of Australian biodiversity and creative responses to place. In 2003, he was awarded a Master of Arts degree in Values and the Environment (MAVE) at the University of Lancaster, UK. With the artist Ellen Hickman, he is co-author of a volume of botanical illustration and poetry to be published in 2012. He is also a contributor to a forthcoming collection Fremantle Poets 3: Performance Poets. His ecocultural research has appeared in Continuum; Australian Humanities Review; Australian Garden History; Nature and Culture; New Scholar; and Transformations.
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