Franklin Ginn is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural Geography at the University of Bristol. His research focuses on the multi-natural politics of urban nature and the future of place in the Anthropocene. His most recent book is Domestic Wild: Memory, Nature and Gardening in Suburbia (2016), and his current book project is titled Twelve Fragments: Placing the Anthroposcene.
Plants play a visible role in the urban politics of Karachi, Pakistan. This article explores how plants have been used to support ethno-political, military, and elite privilege over the last decade.
