{"id":1334,"date":"2022-11-29T16:37:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2022-11-29T16:37:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:37:02","slug":"watch-now-the-less-selfish-gene-forest-altruism-neoliberalism-and-the-tree-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/2022\/11\/watch-now-the-less-selfish-gene-forest-altruism-neoliberalism-and-the-tree-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch now! The Less Selfish Gene &#8211; Forest Altruism, Neoliberalism, and the Tree of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"lead lead-paragraph\">Did you miss Rob Nixon and the Archipelago Lecture on November 10th? No worries! The recording is now up and can be watched below, with or without subtitles.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-omgkIlQRzk?start=399\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why have millions of readers and viewers become magnetized by the hitherto arcane field of plant communication? Since the great recession of 2008, we have witnessed an upsurge in public science writing that has popularized research into forest sentience, forest suffering and the forest as collective intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>This talk roots the current appeal of forest communication in a widespread discontent with neoliberalism\u2019s antipathy to cooperative ways of being. Nixon argues that the science of forest dynamics offers a counter-narrative of flourishing, an allegory for what George Monbiot has called \u201cprivate sufficiency and public wealth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block columnSplitter row using2Columns wide tlc-active\" lang=\"en-GB\" data-cid=\"1.1207845\">\n<div class=\"col c1\">\n<article class=\"block teaser top white\" lang=\"en-GB\" data-cid=\"1.1207847\">\n<div class=\"teaserBody\">\n<h2 class=\"teaserHeading\">About Rob Nixon<\/h2>\n<div class=\"lead lead-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Rob Nixon<\/strong>\u00a0is the Barron Family Professor in Environment and Humanities at Princeton University. His books include, most recently, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor. Nixon is currently completing a book entitled Blood at the Root. Environmental Martyrs and the Defense of Life.<\/p>\n<p>Nixon writes frequently for the New York Times. His writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, The Guardian, The Nation, London Review of Books, The Village Voice, Aeon, Orion, Critical Inquiry and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental justice struggles in the global South are central to Nixon\u2019s work. He is a particularly fascinated by the animating role that artists can play in relation to social movements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you miss Rob Nixon and the Archipelago Lecture on November 10th? No worries! The recording is now up and can be watched below, with or without subtitles. Abstract Why have millions of readers and viewers become magnetized by the hitherto arcane field of plant communication? 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