#planthumanities — Public Fediverse posts

Learning about

Beate Weyland and Simona Galateo, Domestic #Ecologies of #Learning: #Houseplants as Agents of Pedagogical and Spatial Transformation

at #plantfever #conference

https://conferences.au.dk/plant-fever

Slightly outside my normal field (but relevant - teaching Plant #IoT as part of our IoT course, and are determined to develop this further ) - aware of incompleteness/flaws of approach ...

#aau #aarhus #university #plants #ecology #GreenIT
#interdisciplinary #planthumanities
#edugreen #edenlab

2026 East Asia Plant Humanities Virtual Faculty Residencies

"June 1–12, 2026 (virtual) | Seminar for faculty in East Asia Studies who are interested in integrating more plant-related sources and narratives in their teaching. Apply by February 15."

https://www.doaks.org/research/fellowships-and-awards/virtual-faculty-residencies #PlantHumanities #EastAsia #Ethnobotany

Tonka Bean: The Tale of a Contested Commodity

"Traditionally, sarrapia was used medicinally by Indigenous groups, such as the Mapoyo, and mixed-race groups like the Aripao and Jabillal. Guided by elders, one was supposed to consume no more than three fruits per day; local knowledge held that excess could cause fever or body aches..."

https://daily.jstor.org/tonka-bean-the-tale-of-a-contested-commodity/ #Botany #Ethnobotany #PlantHumanities

"Plants and Religion - Religious Motivations in Naming of Plants in Albania"

"ethnobiologists have emphasized the importance of plant local names as repositories of traditional knowledge to understand how communities recognize and use plants known to them. Folk plant names constitute a nomenclature that represents a set of terms, a list of names belonging to the domain of folk botany"

https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/446984

doi:10.5671/ca.47.2.8 #Botany #PlantHumanities #Linguistics #Ethnobotany #Albania