Here are excerpts from Contemporary& América Latina in conversation with Eliazar Ortiz Roa: “Connecting Antillean Society and Botany.” Sheila Ramirez writes, “Eliazar Ortiz Roa’s material syncretism plays with the trajectories of Antillean flora, shedding light on the role of the environment within the consciousness that a people has of their history. Informed by nature, the…