cultural-history
Cultural history examines how human societies have understood, valued, and interacted with the natural world over time, tracing shifting beliefs, practices, and representations across different eras and communities. For plant science, this perspective reveals how botanical knowledge, plant use, and species significance have been shaped by historical context, offering insight into traditional practices, folklore, and the evolving relationship between people and plants. Understanding these cultural dimensions can inform ethnobotanical research and highlight the social factors influencing plant conservation and domestication.
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This editorial introduces a volume on art and culture in the early 21st century, arguing that the digital era has dissolved physical and conceptual boundaries in human creativity, much as mass media did a century ago.
The 21st century represents one of the deepest mutations in human creative history, comparable to the rise of mass media in the early 20th century.
Physical and conceptual borders in art and culture have dissolved and continue to erode further as of 2026.
Artists of the 20th century are credited with permanently transforming art and, through it, the broader world (Aurora & Athenas, 2025).