arboreality — Writing — Laura Pustarfi

In The Company Of The Forest

This short, imaginative piece was written for the International Trees Foundation for their Trees Journal Issue 78. I am thrilled to support this organization protecting trees in the United Kingdom and Africa.

Laura PustarfiFebruary 15, 2022trees, arboreality, personhoodComment

Arboreality and the Ethics of Standing in Place

This paper was part of a panel at the International Association for Environmental Philosophy, delivered on October 10, 2020.

Laura PustarfiDecember 31, 2020arboreality, ethics, trees, forestsComment

Arboreality: Revisioning Trees in the Western Paradigm

A sample of my completed dissertation, Arboreality: Revisioning Trees in the Western Paradigm, is available to view on ProQuest.

Laura PustarfiFebruary 9, 2020arboreality, trees, dissertationComment

Future Human-Tree Relationships

This talk was part of a panel at the World-Ecology Research Network Conference 2019, delivered on May 31, 2019.

Laura PustarfiJune 6, 2019WERN, Trees, arborealityComment

Arboreality Ph.D. Dissertation Defense

Video of my Ph.D. dissertation defense presentation. Filmed on Feb. 28, 2019.

Laura PustarfiMarch 11, 2019Trees, Defense, arboreality, forest, philosophy, ecologyComment

Arboreality: Revisioning Trees in the Western Paradigm Abstract

Trees are pervasive phenomena. Our arboreal neighbors are both larger and older than humans with a dramatically different expression of livingness. Trees are intertwined with imaginative, mythological, social, and economic systems across cultures and throughout history.

Laura PustarfiApril 20, 2018arboreality, trees, ecology, philosophyComment

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