Seeds of Diaspora

Seeds of Diaspora traces the intertwined histories of humans and plants as they unfold amid radical cultural and climatic change. Through an exceptional collection of literary, visual and research-based essays, the book explores how seeds—and the lives they contain—bear witness to migration, resilience, and transformation. From post-war landscapes reclaimed by spontaneous plant life to the mythic travels of fruit trees across continents, from seeds embedded in glacial ice to those carried along routes of labour and exile, Seeds of Diaspora re-imagines the map of human settlement as a living “route of roots.” The contributors—writers, artists and researchers from architecture, ecology, anthropology and the humanities—invite readers to see the built and natural worlds as coevolving fields of meaning.