Being attentive
Exploring other-than-human agency in medicinal plants through everyday Rastafari plant practices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2186865 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tihana Nathen (0000-0002-0657-2785, University of the Western Cape, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 115-126 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Southern Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2332-3264 • E-ISSN: 2332-3256 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23323256.2018.1468720 |
| OpenAlex | W2810992119 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 29 |
The focus is on everyday practices and relations between local medicinal plants, Rastafari bossiesdokters [bush doctors] and kruiemanne [herbalists] of the Matzikama Local Municipality, which lies in the far north-west of the Western Cape Province. Inspired by the work of Bruno Latour, plants are approached as "actants" in an assemblage. Emphasising relational philosophies concerning human-plant interaction and drawing on the concept of gees [spirit], the paper illustrates some ways in which medicinal plants from the mountains appear to act with intentionality. I provide tentative suggestions to re-conceptualise and re-think engagement between plants and humans
Agency (philosophy · Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Geography · Intentionality · Non-human · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |