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Prof. Frank Uekötter: The daily miracle. On monocultures in agriculture and the monoculture of the mind

  • Date: 05/25/2023
  • Time: 18:30
  • Place: Small auditorium, Nordbahnhofstr. 1A, Witzenhausen

On this evening, we want to kick off two projects with momentum and inspiration: the new Agriculture, Ecology & Societies (AGES) Master's degree program and the project "Agrartrans^2: Socio-ecological transformations in the agricultural sector"

6.30 pm
Brief introduction to AGES and Agrartrans^2

6.40 pm
Keynote and discussion: The daily miracle. On monocultures in agriculture and the monoculture of the mind

Frank Uekötter is Professor of Environmental Humanities at the University of Birmingham and one of the best-known environmental historians in the German-speaking world. He is currently working on a global history of monoculture, building on earlier works such as Im Strudel: Eine Umweltgeschichte der modernen Welt (Campus, 2020) and Die Wahrheit ist auf dem Feld. A Knowledge History of German Agriculture (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2010).

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