Plant Politics in Karachi

Authors

  • Franklin Ginn University of Bristol, UK

Abstract

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.

Author Biography

Franklin Ginn, University of Bristol, UK

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.

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Published

2018-05-17

Issue

2018

Section

Spring

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Copyright (c) 2018 CC BY 4.0 Franklin Ginn

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.