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Leveraging the Power of Microbes in Cultivating Regenerative Futures
What can we learn from microbes? How has the human-microbe relationship influenced socio-environmental narratives? My research uncovers how the dualism between the human and the microbe, with the rise of the “Germ theory,” has weakened human and environmental resilience to disease and anthropocentric climate change. I also explore the powers of microbes: the ways in which they communicate and organize, as well as specific cultures in the Global South that utilize microbes in their day-to-day lives, to propose alternative ways in which humans can reimagine the human-microbe relationship.