naturewho
Naturewho is a term used in environmental humanities and digital culture to discuss how nature is framed as having agency or recognizable presence within human discourse. The term is applied to describe literary, cinematic, and online representations in which ecosystems, creatures, and geophysical processes are cast as actors, voices, or participants in social narratives. By foregrounding who or what counts as an agent in these representations, naturewho helps illuminate the ethics and power relations embedded in environmental storytelling.
The term blends nature with who, emphasizing personhood or subjectivity attributed to nonhuman entities. It has
In practice, naturewho is used to examine media campaigns, educational materials, and citizen science interfaces where
Related topics include ecocriticism, environmental humanities, animism, nature writing, and personification in art and media.