Author: Laleh Ahmad
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Botany’s Colonial Present and Alternative Futures: A Conversation with Banu Subramaniam
in PodcastsLaleh Ahmad speaks with Banu Subramaniam about her recent book Botany of Empire: Plant Worlds and the Scientific Legacies of Colonialism. Their conversation explores how colonialism shaped botany and considers how we might imagine alternative futures.
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Knowledge Politics and the Making of Indian Environmental History: A Conversation with Ramachandra Guha
in PodcastsLaleh Ahmad speaks with Ramachandra Guha on his new book, Speaking with Nature (2024). They discuss the history of environmentalism in India and how it differs from the West, especially through key thinkers’ intertwining of social justice and nature.
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Solarpunk Narrates Futures Beyond Climate Despair
in EssaysLaleh Ahmad argues that the solarpunk genre offers imaginable, realistic green futures based on renewable energy and communal self-reliance, rooted in justice and care.