Scrapbooking with Plants in the 18th Century

This talk will follow a graduate student’s fraught journey as she attempted to create a herbarium (or book of dried plants) following manuals written by 18th-century naturalists. Alongside her own adventures, Alicia will also explore those of early modern naturalists to consider how scientific knowledge was made in the West. This talk will emphasize that 18th-century science was not a solitary experience. Instead, it was a collective process rooted in a broad community of practitioners.

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