Ser y devenir con plantas en la novela Semiosis de Sue Burke
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Ser vegetal, Semiosis, devenir más que humano, enredos vegetales, agencia vegetalResumen
Este artículo aborda la cuestión de la comunicación más que humana con el mundo vegetal, no desde la perspectiva de cómo comunicarse con los seres vegetales que habitan el mundo con nosotras y nosotros, sino desde la perspectiva de cómo estar éticamente con las plantas puede alterar lo que significa ser humano. Para ello, tomo como punto de partida la manera en la que los Estudios Críticos de las Plantas interrogan estas cuestiones, centrándome en la comunicación vegetal, después, paso a considerar cómo podemos llegar a estar con lo vegetal y los efectos que los enredos vegetales tienen en nuestra comprensión de lo que significa ser humano, y cómo la novela de ciencia ficción de Sue Burke de 2018, Semiosis, aborda estos temas poniendo de relieve la agencia de las plantas.
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