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Abstract

This essay explores some of the arboreal imaginings that inform analogies between mycorrhizal and technical, or arboreal and human, infrastructural networks. Rather than embrace or dismiss the idea of a wood wide web, I interrogate this intriguing comparison with the help of a variety of natural and human scientists. In so doing I explore how technical, human, arboreal, and mycorrhizal infrastructures are linked by their participation in processes of radical tree mediation.

Language: English
Page range: 20 - 27
Published on: Jun 22, 2024
Published by: Tallinn, Erfurt University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Richard Grusin, published by Tallinn, Erfurt University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.