In an era of extractivist economies, climate change, and forced mobil-ity, who and what belongs? Who and what does not? What can be learned from sitting with a plant you germinated from seed? One of the most significant voices to emerge in recent years, Brazil-born Maria 'lhereza Alves has focused precisely on such questions in her twenty-year art project Seeds o/Change that has spanned continents, embraced art and non-arc publics, and is deeply informed by and evidence of indigenous cosmologies. As the 6rst monograph of Al ves's historic project Seeds of Change, this book assembles some of the latest introduction: Seeds of Change Carin Kuoni scholarship and artist and curatorial voices from around the world to consider the legacy of colonialism, the forced migration of peoples and plants, and the role of art. in uncovering these narratives and empowering affected communities now. ln so doing, the book con-tributes to a rising tide of scholarship rhat is beginning to dismantle Western epistemologics and narrative frameworks to consider other ways of critical understanding.