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SUMMARY:Plants Out of Place: Communicating Effectively About Invasive Species
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DESCRIPTION:Plants Out of Place: Communicating Effectively About Invasive Species\n\n12/09/25 12:00 PM EST\n - 12/09/25 01:00 PM EST\Description:\nPlants Out of Place: Communicating Effectively About Invasive Species\nDecember 9, 2025, 12 p.m. ET, 11 a.m. CT, 10 a.m. MT, 9 a.m. PT\nThe past, present, and future of invasive plants in our ecosystems is defined by human actions and notions of stewardship. Yet, public skepticism and mistrust towards the field of invasion biology have been heightened by pervasive criticism from within the social sciences, humanities, popular media, and by extension, the general public.\n\nThanks to support from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, Dr. Mason Heberling initiated a new project at Carnegie Museum of Natural History focused on increasing public awareness of invasive plants. During this webinar, Dr. Heberling will share outcomes and some lessons learned in connection to the changing scientific perspectives on the categorization and perceived threats of invasive plants and highlight the need for updated, inclusive communication strategies.\n\nAs an added feature, this program will highlight these strategies, experiments and collaborations that led to a new museum exhibition, Uprooted: Plants Out of Place. The exhibit integrates historical-scientific narratives through archival objects and museum specimens and recontextualizes the museum’s Hall of Botany of plant-centric dioramas dating from the 1920s that portray idealized plant communities devoid of humans - including the role of human responsibility and agency, invasive plants as passengers, the role of language in shaping attitudes, and other cultural points of view.
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<span style="font-size:14px"><em>December 9, 2025, 12 p.m. ET, 11 a.m. CT, 10 a.m. MT, 9 a.m. PT</em></span></h2>
The past, present, and future of invasive plants in our ecosystems is defined by human actions and notions of stewardship. Yet, public skepticism and mistrust towards the field of invasion biology have been heightened by pervasive criticism from within the social sciences, humanities, popular media, and by extension, the general public.<br />
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Thanks to support from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, Dr. Mason Heberling initiated a new project at Carnegie Museum of Natural History focused on increasing public awareness of invasive plants. During this webinar, Dr. Heberling will share outcomes and some lessons learned in connection to the changing scientific perspectives on the categorization and perceived threats of invasive plants and highlight the need for updated, inclusive communication strategies.<br />
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As an added feature, this program will highlight these strategies, experiments and collaborations that led to a new museum exhibition, Uprooted: Plants Out of Place. The exhibit integrates historical-scientific narratives through archival objects and museum specimens and recontextualizes the museum&rsquo;s Hall of Botany of plant-centric dioramas dating from the 1920s that portray idealized plant communities devoid of humans - including the role of human responsibility and agency, invasive plants as passengers, the role of language in shaping attitudes, and other cultural points of view.
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