Seeds in Translation: From Multispecies Environments into Frozen Assets
Ex situ seed banks are presented as a major solution to the decline in agricultural crop diversity and the consequent threats to food security. As the current organization of human-crop relations fuels global warming, biodiversity loss and other environmental problems, this paper explores the logic...
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ftbrockunivojs:oai:brock.scholarsportal.info:article/4365 2024-05-12T08:11:49+00:00 Seeds in Translation: From Multispecies Environments into Frozen Assets Paajanen, Annukka 2024-04-11 application/pdf https://journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/posthumanismstudies/article/view/4365 eng eng Posthumanism Research Institute https://journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/posthumanismstudies/article/view/4365/3345 https://journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/posthumanismstudies/article/view/4365 Copyright (c) 2024 Annukka Paajanen interconnections: journal of posthumanism; Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): interconnections: journal of posthumanism; 20-38 interconnexions: revue de posthumanisme; Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): interconnexions: revue de posthumanisme; 20-38 2564-260X loss of crop diversity seed banking the Svalbard Global Seed Vault conservation posthumanism salvage accumulation translation capitalism info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article Article évalué par des pairs 2024 ftbrockunivojs 2024-04-17T14:36:51Z Ex situ seed banks are presented as a major solution to the decline in agricultural crop diversity and the consequent threats to food security. As the current organization of human-crop relations fuels global warming, biodiversity loss and other environmental problems, this paper explores the logic of its legitimization through a critical reading of textual material concerning the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a “backup” facility for the world’s crop diversity. Building on Anna Tsing’s use of translation, the paper demonstrates how seeds become assets in the SGSV’s practices. The paper draws on feminist/posthumanist research on human-plant relations and suggests that the SGSV’s strategy relies on translating diverse ways of human-crop life into a “one-size-fits-all” model which capitalizes on interspecies bonds. By making visible inequalities produced in the process, the paper argues for a need to (re)consider existing conservation arrangements, to obstruct environmental devastation and to make conservation more purposeful and just. Article in Journal/Newspaper Svalbard Brock University Open Journal System Svalbard |
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Ex situ seed banks are presented as a major solution to the decline in agricultural crop diversity and the consequent threats to food security. As the current organization of human-crop relations fuels global warming, biodiversity loss and other environmental problems, this paper explores the logic of its legitimization through a critical reading of textual material concerning the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a “backup” facility for the world’s crop diversity. Building on Anna Tsing’s use of translation, the paper demonstrates how seeds become assets in the SGSV’s practices. The paper draws on feminist/posthumanist research on human-plant relations and suggests that the SGSV’s strategy relies on translating diverse ways of human-crop life into a “one-size-fits-all” model which capitalizes on interspecies bonds. By making visible inequalities produced in the process, the paper argues for a need to (re)consider existing conservation arrangements, to obstruct environmental devastation and to make conservation more purposeful and just. |
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