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Tweets on Tropics of the Imagination

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

A new documentary co-produced by Indigenous filmmakers offers an inside look at a community on the frontlines of deforestation https://t.co/RPcjZA3y1c

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

All three of Indonesia's orangutan species are critically endangered, but no one has ever received the maximum penalty for killing or trading one #WorldOrangutanDay https://t.co/QP3r2VMItv

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

Happy #WorldOrangutanDay! A young orangutan swings from vines in this playful scene photographed in Borneo

[Edward Elderman @edwereddie]

It's not stained glass. It's a dragonfly's wing close-up.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This footage by Scuba Ventures in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, shows one of the rarest animal sightings in the world: a Chirodectes maculatus, an incredibly rare genus of box jellyfish which had only been sighted once before [source: https://t.co/2ho9MoWNQ8] https://t.co/luEKZk20X1

[GlissantBot @GlissantBot]

That is to say that exclusion is the rule in binary practice (either/or), whereas poetics aims for the space of difference—not exclusion but, rather, where difference is realized in going beyond.

[Ross Tapsell @RossTapsell]

Penny Wong winning hearts in Malaysia

[Dr. Ajayita @DoctorAjayita]

Most fashion shows these days...

[eTropic Journal @eTropicJournal]

Closing #CFP special issue theme: 'TROPICAL MATERIALISMS: poetics, processes, practices'. If you are submitting an article but need an extension contact: [email protected]
Full details here: https://t.co/C18vJLnC2X

[Qutb Shahi Heritage Park @qutb_shahi_park]

When the Arabs found a fruit in India - which had come to us from Africa - they called it Tamar-e-Hind or the dates from India. We call it imli, and immortalize it in famous songs. Come, and enjoy your day in the shade of the great tamarind tree at the #QutbShahiHeritagePark.

[Denise Dillon @DeniseJCU]

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[eTropic Journal @eTropicJournal]

#Awardwinning author Srinjay Chakravarti's #poem set in the #humid #subtropical #pilgrimage site of #Hrishikesh (#Rishikesh) explores #spiritual #environmental #pollution #landscapes in the foothills of #Himalayas #India
Free #openaccess here: https://t.co/5aSnKTNO9F

[jeffrey 🤲🏾🫀🌺 @jeffbjavier]

Read the rest of the Special Issue on Tropical Landscapes and Nature~Culture Entanglements

#OpenAccess and free downloads:
https://t.co/yrvaBu5tcH

[Denise Dillon @DeniseJCU]

https://t.co/Pb85k32JbL

[eTropic Journal @eTropicJournal]

Jeffrey B. Javier's "Pornotopia", a #poetic unveiling of "porno-tropics": #colonial #feminization & porno #fantasies of the #Philippine #tropics & #violent acts of #conquest. The #poem as #literary #resistance & #subversion of #empire
Free #openaccess https://t.co/VKVu5Lpw1l

[Prof Anita Lundberg @DrAnitaLundberg]

Selamat pagi/good morning

[eTropic Journal @eTropicJournal]

#CFP special issue: 'TROPICAL MATERIALISMS: poetics, processes, practices. #newmaterialism #Animism #postcolonialism #posthumanism #materialculture #decolonization #tropics #arts #humanities #socialsciences #anthrotwitter #AcademicTwitter

Full details> https://t.co/HbjccnXxee…

[Prof Anita Lundberg @DrAnitaLundberg]

Australia’s tropical rainforests have been dying faster for decades in ‘clear and stark climate warning’ https://t.co/9vJ2UXFY4N