Collaboration

About the plants, with the plants and for the plants.

Situated right in the center of the Polish capital, the University of Warsaw Botanic Garden is the kingdom of plants and a natural sanctuary in the urban landscape. We believe that conducting botanical research and spreading scientific knowledge about plants, their relations with other organisms, their extraordinary biology, ecology and beauty, helps building broad support for their protection.

These functions of the garden are crucial for the survival of the world as we know it – the local familiar spaces, and the ones thousands of kilometers away. Without plants, life on Earth would be much harder and less diverse for all beings, including humans.

The essential elements of our mission are evidence-based education, as well as social, artistic and promotional activities. Our aim is to raise awareness of the role of plants in the world, the bond between humans and nature, and the threats brought about by rampant biodiversity loss and climate change.

The Non-Anthropocentric Cultural Subjectivity action cooperates with the University of Warsaw Botanic Garden as port of the Literature – Contexts – Posthumanism sub-project.

The cooperation between the Research Team “Non-Anthropocentric Cultural Subjectivity” and the Department of English, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability of the University of California Los Angeles covers such activities or programs as:

1. joint organization of 3 international conferences “Discourses of the (Post-)Anthropocene”;
2. preparation and publication of 3 conference volumes;
3. UCLA participation in events organized by the Non-Anthropocentric Cultural Subjectivity Project, in particular the Ecopoetology Lab, 2 conferences that will be part of the sub-project “Literature-Contexts: Posthumanism”;
4. personal exchange between both institutions at the level of their affiliated doctoral students, depending on availability of funds.

On the part of UCLA, the cooperation is coordinated by Professor Ursula K. Heise, Marcia H. Howard Chair in Literary Studies.

The cooperation between the Research Team “Non-Anthropocentric Cultural Subjectivity” and the Institut für Medienkulturwissenschaft, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg covers such activities or programs as:

1. joint organization of 3 international conferences “Discourses of the (Post-)Anthropocene”;
2. preparation and publication of 3 conference volumes;
3. University of Freiburg’s participation in events organized by the Non-Anthropocentric Cultural Subjectivity Project, in particular the Ecopoetology Lab, 2 conferences that will be part of the sub-project “Literature-Contexts: Posthumanism”;
4. personal exchange between both institutions at the level of their affiliated doctoral students, depending on availability of funds.

On the part of University of Freiburg, the cooperation is coordinated by Professor Evi Zemanek, Vice Dean of the Philological Faculty.