Have you ever thought about plants requiring passports?
How do we unwittingly territorialise and nationalise ecosystems?
How can attention to multiple mobilities and to the connection between people, place and the non-human help us de-nationalise and re-wild our ecological thinking?
Examples of Bristol’s work:
Roots and routes: debating indigenous rights in twentieth-century Latin America
Read a blog by Professor Jo Crow, MMB Associate Director on her recent book Itinerant Ideas (2022) explores the multiple meanings and languages of indigeneity (Merlan, 2009) circulating across borders in early twentieth-century Latin America.

Plants as Research Partners

Can plants participate in Brigstow’s mission to co-produce knowledge? The Institute’s research into living well involves diverse groups from academia and beyond, each bringing their own experiences and histories to bear as values and ideas mingle. In our project, Growing Liveable Worlds, one of our goals was to experiment by inviting plants into the Brigstow family. Read more >
Peasant Farmers
How does the concept of Peasant Popular Feminism influence socio-political roles within regional peasant organisations? How does it support women farmers in agroecological transitions? And how does it connect to peace-building? Visit the project page to learn more >
