On June 26, 2023–2024 Emerging Curator Yutong Lin gave a lecture on their upcoming CCA Single “Zomia Garden”.
In the latter, they retrace the paths of early twentieth-century plant hunters and missionaries from Europe and the United States who journeyed through southern and southwestern China in search of botanical specimens. Lin reimagines the global enterprise of botany and its enduring legacies through this exploration. Treating botany as a fertile ground where geographical knowledge and landscape narratives are cultivated, Lin investigates the journeys of plant specimens, seeds, and saplings. By following their movements across vast distances, Lin traces the unforeseen botanical and cultural encounters between their places of origin and their new destinations.
This discussion is part of a series of public events on the politics of seeds, plants, and territory.
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