While I thought we would only be talking about what it means to be an invasive species, the first part of this paper took us into an unexpected exploration into the capacities of plants. More specifically, what it means to be plant as an agent of your own life.
We’ve been down this rabbit-hole many times with so many other papers and studies, but this feels different. This feels like really “recognizing” a plant for who ki is, not who ki is in relation to humans, in order to understand their beingness in their own terms.
Part 1 focuses on how “The need for diverse scholarship on our relationships with plants has never been greater, but we are hampered by an entrenched intellectual heritage. The difference between animals and plants, and the lower status of the latter, has been one of the defining characteristics of Western thought since Aristotle defined animals as those who move and plants as those who do not.” It is time to challenge the status quo.
What capacities or characteristics make a plant a plant? Could you describe them without comparing kin to humans? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Topics Covered about capacities of plants
Human-plant relations from various perspectives
Reclaiming indifference
Why we shouldn’t lump ‘nonhumans’ as a singular entity
Rethinking identity and subjectivity
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Google Scholar: Head, L., Atchison, J., & Phillips, C. (2015). The distinctive capacities of plants: Re‐thinking difference via invasive species. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 40(3), 399-413.
If you have a paper, essay, article, or video you would like me to comment on, send it to me!
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The distinctive capacities of plants: re-thinking difference via invasive species pt.1
While I thought we would only be talking about what it means to be an invasive species, the first part of this paper took us into an unexpected exploration into the capacities of plants. More specifically, what it means to be plant as an agent of your own life.
We’ve been down this rabbit-hole many times with so many other papers and studies, but this feels different. This feels like really “recognizing” a plant for who ki is, not who ki is in relation to humans, in order to understand their beingness in their own terms.
Part 1 focuses on how “The need for diverse scholarship on our relationships with plants has never been greater, but we are hampered by an entrenched intellectual heritage. The difference between animals and plants, and the lower status of the latter, has been one of the defining characteristics of Western thought since Aristotle defined animals as those who move and plants as those who do not.” It is time to challenge the status quo.
What capacities or characteristics make a plant a plant? Could you describe them without comparing kin to humans? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Topics Covered about capacities of plants
Discover the capacities of plants:
LIVE Plant Consciousness Commentary every Friday
Where we explore all things plant neurobiology, plant cognition, plant intelligence, plant humanities, and the birth of critical plant studies through the lens of personal evolution. Livestreams are every Friday in the Naturally Conscious Community.
Be a part of the conversation in the Naturally Conscious Community
Let’s talk more in the only online ecosystem that nourishes plant reawakening for enhanced evolution and collaboration with our plant friends. Connect with nature-conscious creatives, multipotentialites, and naturentrepreneurs who share your desire to see beauty in the world. >> JOIN OUR COMMUNITY <<
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Episodes related to capacities of plants and invasive species
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The distinctive capacities of plants: re-thinking difference via invasive species pt.2
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Google Scholar: Head, L., Atchison, J., & Phillips, C. (2015). The distinctive capacities of plants: Re‐thinking difference via invasive species. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 40(3), 399-413.
If you have a paper, essay, article, or video you would like me to comment on, send it to me!
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