(T)RE(E)MEDIATION

This essay explores some of the arboreal imaginings that inform analogies between mycorrhizal and technical, or arboreal and human, infrastructural networks. Rather than embrace or dismiss the idea of a wood wide web, I interrogate this intriguing comparison with the help of a variety of natural and...

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Main Author: Grusin Richard
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Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/csj-2022-0004
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arboreal humanities
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