Rethinking medicinal plants and plant medicines

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dc.contributor.authorGibson, Diana
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-11T09:12:50Z
dc.date.available2022-01-11T09:12:50Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractBecause plants are perceived as sessile and immobile, they are often represented as objects or things in current literature. In this paper, I explore variations and shifts in research and literature since 2000 that reconsider the ways that plant-related ideas, expertise and practices intersect in multiple associations related to medicinal plants. I argue that, in their relationship with humans, plants have histories, are mobile and can also bring about political and other effects. I use ethnographic material from Namibia and the Western Cape of South Africa to review medicinal plants, by focusing on human-plant relations and the incorporation of plants as non-human subjects with non-intentional agency.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGibson, D. (2018). Rethinking medicinal plants and plant medicines. Anthropology Southern Africa, 41(1), 1�14. https://doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2017.1415154en_US
dc.identifier.issn2332-3264
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2017.1415154
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/7073
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNational Inquiry Services Centreen_US
dc.subjectAgencyen_US
dc.subjectInterdisciplinaryen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectMedicinal plantsen_US
dc.subjectNon-humanen_US
dc.titleRethinking medicinal plants and plant medicinesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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