Sophie Chao delves into an unexplored dimension of the agribusiness nexus—the affective attachments of corporate actors to oil palm seeds. Drawing from fieldwork in an oil palm concession in Riau, Sumatra, she highlights the conflicting nature of caring for palm oil seeds.

An essay on “the multiscalar manifestations of loss.”

“This article explores how tropical plantation lifeworlds are made and unmade through more-than-human forms of extraction, extinction, and emergence.”

Novelist Catherine Bush walks the streets of Venice, seeking art that engages with Rachel Carson at the Biennale Arte 2024.