About this Event
In the sixteenth century, botany was neither a science, nor a fully-fledged discipline, and was only recently introduced to university trainings. While a clear epistemology was not entirely defined, the study of plants thus revealed a complex combination of practices, book commentaries, and observations of actual specimens. An intersection of theories and experiences grounded this discipline, while fieldworks reveal the attention scholars devoted to the expertise of male and female artisans, apothecaries and peasants or farmers. This concerns three main features: the therapeutic virtues of plants, the ways to identify and classify plants, as well as to accommodate and propagate plants, and the knowledge of the power of plants. In this talk, Fabrizio Baldassarri explorse the interactions between peasants and philosophers, a little explored trading zone, but a revealing one, as these intersections persisted throughout the seventeenth century.
Come hear himi talk about the fascinating history of premodern plant science at UTK's Denbo Center, Wednesday, March 5th at 1 PM.
Alternatively, join us on Zoom at:
https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/85426130874
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts, 2230 Sutherland Avenue, Knoxville, United States
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