How Long to Read Care of the Species

How Long Does it Take to Read Care of the Species?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 53 minutes to read Care of the Species by John Hartigan Jr.

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Across the globe, an expanding circle of care is encompassing a growing number of species through efforts targeting biodiversity, profoundly revising the line between humans and nonhumans. Care of the Species examines infrastructures of care—labs and gardens in Spain and Mexico—where plant scientists grapple with the complexities of evolution and domestication. John Hartigan Jr. uses ethnography to access the expertise of botanists and others engaged with cultivating biodiversity, providing various entry points for understanding plants in the world around us. He begins by tracing the historical emergence of race through practices of care on nonhumans, showing how this history informs current thinking about conservation. With geneticists working on maize, Hartigan deploys Foucault’s concept of care of the self to analyze how domesticated species are augmented by an afterlife of data. In the botanical gardens of Spain, Care of the Species explores seed banks, herbariums, and living collections, depicting the range of ways people interact with botanical knowledge. This culminates in Hartigan’s effort to engage plants as ethnographic subjects through a series of imaginative “interview” techniques. Care of the Species contributes to debates about the concept of species through vivid ethnography, developing a cultural perspective on evolutionary dynamics while using ethnography to theorize species. In tackling the racial dimension of efforts to go “beyond the human,” this book reveals a far greater stratum of sameness than commonly assumed.

How long is Care of the Species?

Care of the Species by John Hartigan Jr. is 399 pages long, and a total of 103,341 words.

This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 126% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Care of the Species Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 24 minutes to read Care of the Species aloud.

What Reading Level is Care of the Species?

Care of the Species is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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Where Can I Buy Care of the Species?

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