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Humans and Other Pollinators in the Oil Palm Plantation Complex
Humans have a long history of meddling in the oil palm’s sex life.
Humans have a long history of meddling in the oil palm’s sex life.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Jonathan Robins is interviewed on his recent book, Oil Palm: A Global History.
Sophie Chao delves into an unexplored dimension of the agribusiness nexus—the affective attachments of corporate actors to oil palm seeds. Drawing from fieldwork in an oil palm concession in Riau, Sumatra, she highlights the conflicting nature of caring for palm oil seeds.
“This article explores how tropical plantation lifeworlds are made and unmade through more-than-human forms of extraction, extinction, and emergence.”