Botanical Decolonization

Rethinking Native Plants

Bibliographic Data

ID4476358
AuthorsTomaž Mastnak (Filozofski inŝtitut ZRC AZU, Novi trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, corresponding author), Julia Elyachar (0000-0002-3627-9707, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine, 3151 Social Science Plaza, Irvine, CA 92697-5100, USA, corresponding author), T Boellstorff (0000-0002-8580-3747, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine, 3151 Social Science Plaza, Irvine, CA 92697-5100, USA, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume32
Issue2
Pages363-380
Publication date2014-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/d13006p
OpenAlexW2161519753
LanguageEN
Citations received64
References cited65

In this paper we use an apparently marginal topic-'native plants'-to address two issues of concern to contemporary politics and political theory: the legacy of settler colonialism, and dilemmas of scholarship and activism in the 'Anthropocene'. Drawing on the writings of Francis Bacon and based on a case study of California, we argue that planting and displanting humans and plants are elements of the same multispecies colonial endeavor. In contrast to those who equate native plant advocates with antiimmigrant nativism, we see native plant advocacy as part of a broad process of botanical decolonization and a strategic location for ethical action in the Anthropocene

Anthropocene · Psychological nativism · Animal and Plant Science Education · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies

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