For this session we'll be reading on the topic of seeds and plants as technologies.
Federova, Maria. "Seeds as Technology: The Russian Agricultural Bureau in New York and Soviet Agricultural Modernization, 1921–26." The Russian Review 80, no. 2 (2021): 209–228. https://doi.org/10.1111/russ.12307
Berry, Dominic J. "Plants Are Technologies." In Histories of Technology, the Environment and Modern Britain, edited by Agar Jon and Ward Jacob, 161–85. London: UCL Press, 2018. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvqhsmr.13
The Greenhouse is a meeting place for students and researchers interested the history and sociology of plants, food, agriculture and environment to explore how science and technology shape what we grow and eat. The regular programme of papers and discussions is curated in conjunction with the project From Collection to Cultivation, which is funded by the Wellcome Trust.
The reading group is open to all. We meet from 1-2pm on Thursdays, fortnightly during Cambridge term time, to discuss papers or presentations. We're currently meeting via Zoom, with access information circulated prior to the sessions via our mailing list. Write to us at hps-cultivation@lists.cam.ac.uk to subscribe.
This term's theme is "Histories of Biotechnology and Agriculture".
