Project

The Representations of Plant-People interactions in Oromo oral narratives from Phytoecocritical perspective

Code
01CD04425
Duration
01 August 2025 → 31 January 2026
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • African literature
    • Oral literature
Keywords
Pytho-ecocriticism Oromo-Ethiopia Oral Narratives
 
Project description
This study aims to analyse the representations of the interactions between plants and humans in Oromo oral narratives from a phyto-ecocritical perspective. Combining the referential and the analytical in the stories, I study Oromo oral narratives in terms of an epistemology for sustainability.