ECO <br>Animals and Plants in Cultural Productions about the Amazon River Basin

ECO
Animals and Plants in Cultural Productions about the Amazon River Basin

Period
January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026
Duration
60 months
Abstract

ECO seeks to understand how different cultural productions depicting Amazonia lend a voice to animals and plants and reveal the interdependence of humans and non-humans. It develops the concept of zoophytography to describe the inscription of non-human beings in different cultures, thus decentering humanity as the sole source of meaning-making.

At a time when the Amazon and its peoples are increasingly threatened by large-scale logging and forest fires associated to extractivist industries such as mining, oil drilling, agribusiness, and so on, that regard the biosphere as a mere resource at the service of humanity, ECO aims to uncover other, non-imperialistic views on animals and plants in the region.
 

Keywords
ecocriticism, environmental humanities, latin american studies, amazonian writings, cinema and art
Funding Entity
European Research Council