OUR STORIES TOLD THROUGH PLANTS

The Center for Plants & Culture is a platform dedicated to exploring what plants tell us about society—where we’ve been and where we’re going.

VIRTUAL PROGRAMS:

SCIENCE, RACISM, AND LINNAEUS

LATEST SPECIAL PROGRAM

Derek Haynes (The Crazy Botanist) and Alexandria Douziech (Center of Plants & Culture) discuss the racial biases of Carolus Linnaeus—the father of taxonomy—and the ongoing refusal to acknowledge the erasure committed by colonial European botanists.

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LATEST SPECIAL PROGRAM

We are thrilled to feature Kinnomic Botany, a video work by Iman Datoo! As an artist and storyteller, Iman reintroduces us to the humble potato. Imagined through the “eyes” of a tuber, Kinnomic Botany encourages us to experience the potato using our senses, while considering its history and complexity beyond human contact and the reductive, scientific classification method.

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SPECIAL PROGRAM

Join Anthony Folks as he shares the cultural significance of the Kuba cloth, and how it’s made from the leaves of the Raffia palm! His short presentation will be followed by a Kuba inspired collage workshop.

IG CONTENT SPOTLIGHT:

“Many people still sniff roses hoping for an aroma; what they likely smell is a combination of chlorophyll and fillers used at flower shops.“ Today, scientists “have begun trying to breed the scent back in, hoping to offer consumers
“So, as we move forward in a warming world where climate is going to have a very big impact on ecology and ecosystems — [Dendrochronology is] also going to have a big impact on humans — being able to provide a longer-term and histor
Next time you’re enjoying a gin and tonic cocktail, consider the colonial history of one of its main ingredients… ** La próxima vez que disfrute de un cóctel de gin-tonic, piense en la historia colonial de uno de sus princi
“Our African cultures are so evident in our way of living and have been intact and passed down generationally [...] It’s important to preserve this culture because it was our ancestors that built America, brought the wealth to America and
“The world’s economies, new technologies and climate change all are increasing demand for the rare minerals in the eastern Congo — and the world is letting criminal organisms steal and sell these minerals by brutalizing my people.&r
The incredible women from the Kurotani Japanese Paper Association painstakingly create washi paper from the mulberry tree. These women are not only preserving but also practicing a paper-making technique that’s been passed down for over 800 yea

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FLORXL ZINE
FLORXL ZINE

“Colonialism’s Hidden Collectors” for FLORXL zine

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ARTS OF THE WORKING CLASS
ARTS OF THE WORKING CLASS

Check out our contribution to the latest issue by Arts of the Working Class: “FOOD THAT EATS THE SOUL.”

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