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<b style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Call for Papers: Edited Collection</span></b>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><i style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">The Language of Plants</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">:
<i style="">Science</i>, <i style="">Philosophy, Literature and Cinema</i> </span>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">(forthcoming, 2015)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Edited by Patricia Vieira, Monica Gagliano and John Ryan</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Ecocriticism’s rise to prominence in the fields of literature and cultural studies has been paralleled by the investigations of plant intelligence in botany and
by novel philosophical approaches to the ontology of plants. However, attempts to integrate these bodies of knowledge have been scarce.
<i style="">The Language of Plants </i><span style="color:black">will</span> commence a dialogue between philosophy,
<span style="color:black">science,</span> literature and cinema dealing with plants. The
<span style="color:black">aim of the edited collection is to develop</span> a better understanding of plant life
<span style="color:black">through</span><span style="color:red"> </span>critical awareness, conceptual rigor,
<span style="color:black">and interdisciplinary thinking.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-US">Envisioned as a ground-breaking work that will bridge a number of fields,</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">
<i style="">The Language of Plants</i> will (1) allot to literature, cinema and the arts a special role in the integration of the scientific and philosophical research on plants at the experiential level, (2) promote the freedom of imagination necessary for
the rethinking of vegetal life and, thereby, (3) inspire further philosophical and scientific investigations. The book will not only seek to consolidate the nascent paradigm shift in the human conceptualization of vegetation, but it will also join ongoing
discussions of plant ethics.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-US">The overarching focus of
<i style="">The Language of Plants</i> is language itself, broadly conceived. We ask contributors to relate their discussions of plants, philosophy, science, literature or cinema to the theme of language. In one sense, language represents, mediates or expresses
something about the plant world in all disciplines—across the humanities and sciences—leading to discourses of the plant world. Innovative philosophical thinking and groundbreaking scientific research similarly call into question the limits of language in
describing the botanical world and human-plant dynamics. In another sense, plants exhibit varieties of communicative modes that constitute the language they use to make sense of and navigate their worlds. Understanding the language of plants ultimately has
implications for environmental ethics.<span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">We encourage the submission of papers on topics such as:
</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol; color:black" lang="EN-US"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-US">the philosophy of plant life, including applications of biosemiotic, phenomenological, poetic and ontological frameworks</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">literature and plants</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">cinema and plants</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol; color:black" lang="EN-US"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-US">plants in popular culture</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">the history of human/plant interactions</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">plants in colonialism/post-colonialism</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol; color:black" lang="EN-US"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-US">emerging
<span style=""> </span>interdisciplinary fields of critical plant studies, human-plant studies, human-plant interactions, vegetal ecocriticism and others</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">plant behavioural ecology, including all aspects of communication, learning, memory and intelligence;
</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">plant ethics and wild law</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-US">Chapter contributions</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"> of 6,000–7,000
<span style="color:black">words</span> (including footnotes) are welcome. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br>
Please submit a <span style="color:black">250-300 word</span> abstract of your <span style="color:black">
proposed chapter contribution</span> and a short bio-blurb by e-mail to Patricia Vieira (<u>pilmvieira@gmail.com</u>), Monica Gagliano (<u>monica.gagliano@uwa.edu.au</u>) and John Ryan (<u>john.ryan@ecu.edu.au</u>) by February 28, 2014.
<span style="color:black">Also include the working title of your chapter, 3–5 keywords, and the names and contact details for all authors.</span><span style="color:red">
<span style=""> </span></span><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">The final chapters will be due September 30, 2014.</span></p>
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