Being Algae Transformations in Water, Plants

• Main Authors: Hale Hendlin, Yogi, Weggelaar, Johanna, Derossi, Natalia, Mugnai, Sergio
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Brill 2024; BRILL
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Algae; Biofuels; Biology, life sciences; Botany and plant sciences; Critical Plant Studies; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Environment; Environmental humanities; Environmentalist thought and ideology; Geography; life sciences::PST Botany and plant sciences; Macroalgae; Marine biology; Mathematics and Science; Microalgae; Philosophical traditions and schools of thought; Philosophy; Philosophy and Religion; Philosophy: aesthetics; Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge; Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology; Planning::RN The environment::RNA Environmentalist thought and ideology; QDHR5 Phenomenology and Existentialism; Symbiosis; The environment; thema EDItEUR; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHR Western philosophy from c 1800::QDHR5 Phenomenology and Existentialism; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTJ Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTN Philosophy: aesthetics; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences; Topics in philosophy; Water ethics; Western philosophy from c 1800
• ISBN: 9004683313; 9789004683310; 9004683305; 9789004683303
• DOI: 10.1163/9789004683310

Water plants of all sizes, from the 60-meter long Pacific Ocean giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) to the micro ur-plant blue-green algae, deserve attention from critical plant studies. This is the first book in environmental humanities to approach algae, swimming across the sciences, humanities, and arts, to embody the mixed nature and collaborative identity of algae. Ranging from Medieval Islamic texts describing algae and their use, Japanese and Nordic cultural practices based in seaweed and algae, and confronting the instrumentalization of seaweed to mitigate cow methane release and the hype of algal photobioreactors, amongst many other standpoints, this volume comprehensively addresses the ancestors of terrestrial plants through appreciating their unique aquatic medium.