From Ornamental Plant to Unwanted Alien: Kudzu in the United States

Presenter Information

Sam Smiley

Location

2074

Format Type

Paper

Start Date

January 2015

End Date

January 2015

Abstract

This research project and video will explore stories of the kudzu vine (Pueraria montana var. lobata) and its journey through U.S. history in the 20th century. I will begin with a 10 minute video produced for this research called "The Queen of Kudzu" and I will follow with more historical context and discussion. Overall, this is a methodological project which mixes the actor- network approach in STS (Callon, Latour, Law, Star) with arts-based research. (Leavy, Saldaña) and a history of ecologies.

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From Ornamental Plant to Unwanted Alien: Kudzu in the United States

2074

This research project and video will explore stories of the kudzu vine (Pueraria montana var. lobata) and its journey through U.S. history in the 20th century. I will begin with a 10 minute video produced for this research called "The Queen of Kudzu" and I will follow with more historical context and discussion. Overall, this is a methodological project which mixes the actor- network approach in STS (Callon, Latour, Law, Star) with arts-based research. (Leavy, Saldaña) and a history of ecologies.