#manipulatingflora
One of my favourites too: plants in #histphilo #histsci, with a lot of attention on #Descartes! I believe that the intersections between science, #botany and politics are more than relevant and little explored #manipulatingflora

Here my book in Italian works.hcommons.org/records/r187...
Today's episode is one of my favorites among recent topics: a look at the formal French garden, and its surprisingly intricate relationship to philosophy under Louis XIV! (Also look out for a fabulous pun about him.)

www.historyofphilosophy.net/french-garden

#philsky #gardens #philosophy #podcast
May 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Locke's philosophy and botany #manipulatingflora #VegSciLif #PlantPhilosophy #envhist #histsci #histphilo #17cent today in Venice!🍍
September 19, 2023 at 7:36 AM
November 6, 2023 at 9:09 AM
I was reminded that the volume Vegetative Powers was published circa 4 years ago, presenting a deep discussion with the powers of plants and vegetation in a wide-array of philosophers #vegpowers #vegetation #manipulatingflora #plantstudies

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
April 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📣new online seminar - programme available of the new seminar on 🌾Plants🌴 in early modern knowledge (and beyond). The event is entirely online. #MarieCurie #VegSciLif #cafoscari #manipulatingflora

Presentations will focus on plants in the antiquity and medieval time, #plantintelligence #biodiversity
September 21, 2023 at 12:07 PM
15.1.2021-14.1.2024 Today is my last day as a MSCA fellow. I am thankful to CaFoscari and BloomingtonHPS IU that hosted me, to my supervisors and all people who have supported my research - I look forward to new adventures🎑 and to new research projects!🌿🌾🍍#vegscilif #histsci #manipulatingflora
January 14, 2024 at 5:01 PM
This Monday, October 13. The event is blended - at 2 pm (Italy time). Contact me or email for link and details

#environmentalhistory #envhist #plantstudies #botany #histsci #histphilo #agriculture #rustics_philo
As a part of the EU-funded project led by @fabribald.bsky.social , this is a first event - Constructing the Environment #ConEnvHist on Monday 13th afternoon in Milan - speaking about practices and theories in premodern studies of nature #nature #histsci #histbotany #environment #environmentalhistory
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
on the opuntia-ficus in the 17th-century experimentation with plants #opuntia #manipulatingflora #plantstudies #earlymodern
February 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#Leeuwenhoek's drawing of an oak🌿leaf - he then cut it and observed its vessels and pores though a microscope🔬 in order to understand #theriseofsap... #vegscilif #manipulatingflora #microscopy--getting ready to #Leeuwenhoektercentenary at @royalsociety (London, September 14-15) #histsci #histbotany
September 7, 2023 at 7:57 AM
#histsci #histbotany #histbio the taste in🌳plants --- or, do plants feel taste or sensation while nourishing?🌾by Marilena Panarelli... now live at #PlantsEMKnowledge Seminar #vegscilif #manipulatingflora #vegetalsensation #vegtaste #deplantis 🌳
October 13, 2023 at 3:22 PM
This Thursday, Feb.8, @fabribald.bsky.social presents a paper on the 🌱mind of plants 🧠🌿 in pre modern times at CNR in Rome (the event is online)
Focus will be on Gassendi, Bacon, La Brosse and Margaret Cavendish

#vegscilif #manipulatingflora #plantcognition #plantsensation #plantbehaviour #histsci
February 6, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Live now with Daniele Cicuzza pn #biodiversity and the 🌿plants🌱 in the #tropics🇧🇳 #vegscilif #manipulatingflora #histsci #histbio #plants #life #southeastasia
October 27, 2023 at 8:14 AM
This Friday at 11.00 am
Paolo Pecere gives a seminar on Plant Intelligence🌱🌿🧠🌳 from Darwin to Today: Historical and Critical Remarks

It is online - email me for zoom link and access!

#manipulatingflora #vegscilif #plantintelligence #histsci #histbio #lifescience #plantlife
November 7, 2023 at 1:09 PM
Today, Paolo Pecere brought us into the discussion around plant🌲🧠 intelligence in 19th century German philosophy (#Humboldt, #Fechner) and in #Darwin, as well as in contemporary plant studies #vegscilif #manipulatingflora #histbio #histsci #plantstudies #plantcognition #histphilo #plantbehaviour
November 10, 2023 at 11:54 AM
2023 - a year of workshops and conferences in #Venice #msca #vegscilif #manipulatingflora #plantphilosophy
December 28, 2023 at 11:53 AM
Someone like it Durian! #plantstudies #histplants #histsci #exotica #environmentalstudies
From Cristóvão DaCosta, Tractado de las Drogas, y medicinas de las Indias orientales, p. 231 #vegscilif #manipulatingflora🌾🍍
September 29, 2023 at 10:26 AM
This Friday, Claudia Zatta is going to present her work on 🍂#plants🌴#life🌾#regeneration🌳 in ancient philosophy. It is at 5pm (Italy time), and it is entirely online. Feel free to join or share the news! #vegscilif #manipulatingflora
October 4, 2023 at 12:56 PM
As a follow up of this publication, I have been interviewed by Swiss radio #RSI on #plantintelligence🧠 and #plantlife🌿 #histsci #histbotany🌲#vegscilif #manipulatingflora
www.rsi.ch/rete-due/pro...
My reconstruction of the recent debate on #PlantIntelligence is out in IlTascabile. Developing from Paco Calvo's Planta Sapiens, I have discussed this issue in contemporary philosophy, neurobiology and history (especially history), with a look at the future - plants can help us with climate change
September 16, 2023 at 1:05 PM
#histsci #histplants #botanhist Next Monday, December 4, at 5pm (Italy/Berlin/Paris time), with Stella Sandford (Kingston University), who presents a paper entitled: 🌴Plants as Models: Vegetative Reproduction in Buffon's General Theory of Reproduction #vegscilif #manipulatingflora #plantstudies
📣new online seminar - programme available of the new seminar on 🌾Plants🌴 in early modern knowledge (and beyond). The event is entirely online. #MarieCurie #VegSciLif #cafoscari #manipulatingflora

Presentations will focus on plants in the antiquity and medieval time, #plantintelligence #biodiversity
December 1, 2023 at 2:30 PM
we are live now with Stella Sandford on 🌳plant generation and 🐶animal generation in Buffon #vegscilif #histsci #histbio #lifescience #vegetation #vegetativepowers #plantstudies #manipulatingflora
December 4, 2023 at 4:15 PM
October 23, 2023 at 9:56 AM
Hi, no it's blended. I should have sent you the teams link - if not, let me know or email <manipulatingflora@gmail.com> for the link
October 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This Friday, Oct.27, Daniele cicuzza presents a paper on #biodiversity and🌿plants🌳in the tropics! 🍍#vegscilif #manipulatingflora

The meeting is online at 10.00 am (Rome time)--9.00 am in the UK. Attendance is free #histsci #plantscience #histbio #lifescience #environmentalhistory
email me for info
📣new online seminar - programme available of the new seminar on 🌾Plants🌴 in early modern knowledge (and beyond). The event is entirely online. #MarieCurie #VegSciLif #cafoscari #manipulatingflora

Presentations will focus on plants in the antiquity and medieval time, #plantintelligence #biodiversity
October 25, 2023 at 8:15 AM